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Simon Willison
simonwillison.net
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I need to decide if 1KB means 1,000 bytes or 1,024 bytes in all of my software
I was leaning 1,024 but it looks like macOS and Windows both define KB as 1,000 these days
I want whatever people are most likely to understand
(I do not think most people know what KiB or MiB means)
2026-10-05T21:53:58.162Z