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chuckadams
327 days ago
Nobody says "gibibyte" out loud without giggling or getting giggled at. I think we should start saying "gigglebyte".
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edoceo
327 days ago
I've been calling them Kibbles, Marbles, Gerbils and Tribbles
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hinkley
327 days ago
Pebble scale computing is all the rage right now.
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hinkley
327 days ago
Know that several of your coworkers are laughing at you in their minds every time you utter such foolishness.
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bombela
327 days ago
I have had to debug enough fires because of stupid unit confusion that I now make the point of being extremely pedantic with the use of the right unit.
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genewitch
327 days ago
jigglybits works too in the correct company
also cal state irvine had a compsci prof who said "jigga-byte"
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hinkley
327 days ago
One point twenty one jiggabytes??? Great Scott!
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