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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter in this case, as long as it is documented (and it is by the unit).

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be clear, I'm fine with RAM being base 2 -- it's rather difficult for it not to be given the structure -- but for fixed storage, this is an old-school measurement that only gets worse with each order of magnitude.