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I mean just say MB if you're not being exact
MiB and MB are not the same thing. Just that many CLI tools in linux use MiB instead so I just got used to typing MiB lol.
The difference between MB and MiB is 24 kilobytes
My point is that if you're already estimating, the difference is negligible
24 kibibytes. I dislike the annoying difference between kiB and kB, etc, etc as I also think in kB and MB as the binary values because that's how I was taught for many years.
Again. If you're not being accurate then theres no point jn being precise
You're replying to the wrong person. I added some info over the difference between your comment and someone else's acktually comment.
I don't care either way; an approximation in MiB and MB is the same difference to me. The other person and yourself have got into a debate about nothing in my opinion.