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[–] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You rang?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Now I wanna see an animated Beetlejuice/Addams Family crossover

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 104 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

Megabyte:

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

"some sort of elaborate Peta-bite image"

[–] trashman@feddit.org 5 points 6 hours ago

Now I get it!

"I am never gonna financially recover from this."

Joe predicted the AI memory crisis. Mind blown!

[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 15 points 9 hours ago

Looks more like a panTerabyte

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Word:-)

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Funny, in Finnish a byte is called a syllable. Which would better apply to a nibble I guess.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

🤔 what's a nibble then? ... oh, it's half a byte

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I thought it was spelled 'nybble'?

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I've always used the "nybble" spelling for data instead of tooth activity. But, also I think more people just use "hex digit".

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 9 points 8 hours ago

According to the article linked both are valid

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on if its referring to hard drive storage or reality.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Hard drive storage: 3.737965139 bits

[–] notSys@lemmy.cafe 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Wtf is a nibble?

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago

Two crumbs...

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Half of a byte

[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

What's the other half called?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 4 points 2 hours ago

Wait until you learn what the other seven parts of a byte are called when the first one is called a bit.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 3 hours ago

jeremy

[–] Cyberfuchs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

One is called high nibble, the other half is called low nibble

[–] stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Sounds like a case for the beauty doc