• @Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    143 months ago

    With the introduction of the number 2, we goin’ TRINARY!

    Fun fact, the reason internet speeds are measure in Bits, not Bytes, is that 8 bits to a Byte is entirely arbitrary and could be changed if there was will to do so.

    • @A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      internet speeds are measured in bits so they can artificially inflate numbers.

      cause selling 100mbit sounds a lot meatier than selling 12mbyte.

      • Nightwatch Admin
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        53 months ago

        Not quite, network speeds have been measured in bps since the day the first packet got out of its egg.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        23 months ago

        the only realistic reason i can think of this, is to describe over the wire speed. Shits easy enough to convert once you hit the end point though, so meh.

      • Thurstylark
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        13 months ago

        Not really. It’s easier to measure a count of a thing than it is to measure a count of groups of 8 of a thing. It’s just easier to display when you’re not wasting the cycles to devide it by 8 all the time.