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chuckadams
84 days ago
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It's a DE9, not a DB9 (but we know what you mean)
Nobody says "gibibyte" out loud without giggling or getting giggled at. I think we should start saying "gigglebyte".
edoceo
84 days ago
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I've been calling them Kibbles, Marbles, Gerbils and Tribbles
hinkley
84 days ago
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Pebble scale computing is all the rage right now.
hinkley
84 days ago
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Know that several of your coworkers are laughing at you in their minds every time you utter such foolishness.
bombela
84 days ago
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I have had to debug enough fires because of stupid unit confusion that I now make the point of being extremely pedantic with the use of the right unit.
genewitch
84 days ago
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jigglybits works too in the correct company
also cal state irvine had a compsci prof who said "jigga-byte"
hinkley
84 days ago
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One point twenty one jiggabytes??? Great Scott!
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