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"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 22 hours ago by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] deur@feddit.nl 9 points 20 hours ago

I agree that the precision is not that valuable as some have said. I'd just read the numbers off as one point two three megabytes since anyone who cares can reconstruct the number, anyone who doesn't can stick to the first few sig figs.

For 257.62 GB I'd say "two hundred fifty seven point six two". Yep. I put in the effort for the most significant of the digits, I dont bother beyond that.

8249.19 GB? About 8 terabytes. Doesnt really matter anymore.