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Short answer: It’s because of binary. Computers are very good at calculating with powers of two, and because of that a lot of computer concepts often use powers of two.

1024 = 2^7^

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irdc@derp.foo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

1024 = 2^10^

FYFY

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- Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  ~~FYFY~~ FTFY FTFY
  
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  - irdc@derp.foo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah, I deserve that. I’m just gonna leave my typo. Thanks for the laugh!
    
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Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
So the problem is that our decimal number system just sucks. Should have gone with hexadecimal 😎

/Joking, it it isn’t obvious. Thank you for the explanation.

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- Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Or seximal!
  
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Skasi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

1024 = 2^7^

I’m confused, why this quotation? 1024 is 2^10^

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killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Long answer

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insomniac_lemon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Just to add, I would argue that by definition of prefixes it is 1000.

However there are other terms to use, in this case Kibibyte (kilo binary byte, KiB instead of just KB) that way you are being clear on what you actually mean (particularly a big difference with modern storage/file sizes)

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