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@BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

@BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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  • @lseif@sopuli.xyz
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    18•1 year ago

    char, short, int, long, long long

    • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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      4•1 year ago

      unsigned long long and minus unsigned long long

      • @derpgon@programming.dev
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        2•1 year ago

        I didn’t do C++ for over 5 years. Does minus unsigned really give you one bit of data extra?

        • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccA
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          1•1 year ago

          Are we assuming we’re allowed to use defines and templates? 😏

          • @derpgon@programming.dev
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            B-b-but those are cheating 😒

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