Tag Archives: base 10

A modest proposal for a more natural KB

Posted on March 14, 2016 by brucedawson

I recently wrote a blog post saying that I thought Windows Explorer should use the more natural base-10 meanings of the kB/MB/GB/TB prefixes, instead of the base-2 meanings that are a few percent larger. I convinced nobody. I was told, … Continue reading →

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Cars in Canada Get Better Mileage than in the US

Posted on March 1, 2016 by brucedawson

Cars in Canada really do get more miles to the gallon. Well, “did”, technically, since Canada now uses liters/100 km for fuel efficiency. The reason why has nothing to do with climate or driving habits and has everything to do … Continue reading →

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Base Ten For (Almost) Everything

Posted on February 13, 2016 by brucedawson

It’s 2016 and Windows still displays drive and file sizes using base-2 size prefixes. My 1 TB SSD is shown as 916 GB, and a 449 million byte video file is shown as 428 MB. That is, Windows still insists … Continue reading →

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