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Look up the exact number of bytes and then explain to me what the benefits are of using 1024 conversations instead of 1000 for a hard drive?

I don't get feedback just because you read it. I'm thankful for feedback but my sentence was accurate. I don't benefit if you read it.

Calling 1024 a kilo is intellectually dishonest. Your conversation is perfectly fine.

That's true but the entire disk size is not an exact power of two that's why binary prefixes (1024 conversation) don't have any benefit whatsoever when it comes to hard drives. With memory it's a bit different because other than with storage devices RAM size is always exactly a power of two.

Binary prefixes (the ones with 1024 conversations) are used to simplify numbers that are exact powers of two - for example RAM and similar types of memory. Hard drive sizes are never exact powers of two. Disk storing bits don't have anything to do with the size of the disk.

True and that's what the article is about. You should check out the interactive diagram in the "(Un)lucky coincidence" section.

So why don't they just label drives in Terabit instead of terabyte. The number would be even bigger. Why don't Europeans also use Fahrenheit, with the bigger numbers the temperature for sure would instantly feel warmer 🤣

Jokes aside. Even if HDD manufacturers benefit from "the bigger numbers" using the 1000 conversation is the objectively only correct answer here, because there is nothing intrinsically base 2 about hard drives. You should give the blog post a read 😉

You should read the blog post. It's not a matter of option.

I tried to make the title the exact opposite of clickbait. There are no unanswered questions on purpose. No "Find out if a kilobyte is 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes". I think people are smart enough that I not just reiterate for 20min why a kilobyte is 1000 bytes but instead go into more details.

The main problem is probably that people won't sacrifice 20min of there time on something they are not sure if it's a good read but the only thing I can do is trying to encourage them to read it anyway.

There are not ads, no tracking, no cookies, no login, no newsletter, no paywall. I don't benefit if you read it. I'd like to clear up misconceptions but I can't force people to read it.

Pretty obvious that you didn't read the article. If you find the time I'd like to encourage you to read it. I hope it clears up some misconceptions and make things clearer why even in those 60+ years it was always intellectually dishonest to call 1024 byte a kilobyte.

You should at least read "(Un)lucky coincidence"

Did you read the blog post? If you don't find the time you should at least read "(Un)lucky coincidence" to see why it's not (and never was) a bright idea to call 1024 "a kilo".