Lmaydev

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

Well it's like 1/4 the cost of a game per month. So if you play more than one game a quarter it's good value.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's every platform, except gog, right?

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For many disabilities it's useless due to the fact you still need to get to it to use it.

They're saying both are useless for many. Not that driving is better in any way.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

You're getting downvoted but it's a completely valid point.

Many people's disabilities make public transport unusable.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Both require the same amount of bits again. So the second one makes more sense for a computer.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Yeah it's literally a status symbol amongst kids.

My kid is desperate for one but can't give me a single compelling reason apart from they're seen as cool.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's actually a decimal Vs binary thing.

1000 and 1024 take the same amount of bytes so 1024 makes more sense to a computer.

Nothing to do with metric as computers don't use that. Also not really to do with units.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

In terms of storage 1000 and 1024 take the same amount of ~~bytes~~ bits to represent. So from a computer point of view 1024 makes a lot more sense.

It's just a binary Vs decimal thing. 1000 is not nicely represented in binary the same as 1024 isn't in decimal.

Edit: was talking about storing the actual number.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago (7 children)

It's because the power of 2 makes more sense to the computer.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Power of 2 makes more sense to the computer. 1000 makes more sense to people.

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