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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: encapsulating directory operations
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 05:50:42 +0100
Organization: Fix this later
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On 21/05/2025 03:40, James Kuyper wrote:
> On 5/20/25 11:43, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> ...
>> nonsensical new inventions. The world knows full well that bit
>> and byte prefixes are measured in powers of 2, ...
> I must emphatically disagree - long before MiB was invented, I had
> arguments with people who were certain they were measured in powers of
> 10, and could point at authorities supporting those views.

I must emphatically double down and insist that you were right 
and they were wrong wrong wrongawrong wrong.

We are not alone, you and I. Maybe we could do a badge or 
something? Have your people talk to my people and we'll do lunch.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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