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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)
submitted 10 months ago by wischi@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It's about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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[–] Corr@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most native English speakers tend to take blunt statements/questions negatively due to the culture (especially true in north America).

I enjoyed reading the article but I would agree with the above commenter that it may be a bit lengthy. Generally speaking writing tends to be more engaging in this format if it's a bit more concise, both as a whole and on a per sentence basis.
There was also a typo somewhere, I think "the" instead of another word, I read the article a few hours ago now so I can't remember, sorry. I don't think I would have guessed you were not a native English speaker from the article. Overall, I liked it and congratulations on putting something out there!

[–] wischi@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thank you for taking the time to read it ❤️. I'm currently out of office I'll try to find and fix the typo you mentioned once I'm back, thanks for pointing it out.