• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    Then there’s my favorite cursed unit: the kip! 1 kip=1000 lbs. “Kip” is short for “kilo-pounds.” It’s a unit used frequently in American civil and structural engineering. And it is so deliciously cursed.

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      Fun fact: the SI (international system of units) actually defines a multiplier “Ki”, but it is not a factor of 1000. A Kisomething is 1024 something. As in 1KiB = 1024B (Kilobytes resp. Bytes).

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        As in 1KiB = 1024B (Kilobytes resp. Bytes)

        Isn’t it even more convoluted than this?

        Doesn’t KiB translate to Kibibytes? Because “kilo” is 1000 (powers of 10).

        Kibi is 1024, the “bi” is supposed to mean “binary”, or powers of 2.