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Quinexalt t1_jd12b71 wrote

I have to be that asshole who points out that 1,000 TB is a PB so you should have said 1.5875 PB.

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dickangstrom t1_jd1ouf0 wrote

And, I'm the asshole that has to chime in to say OP didn't really have to, though. They could've just as easily moved the decimal a bunch and stated it in yottabytes. There's no rule that says what SI prefix you have to use, convenient as it might be.

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Quinexalt t1_jd2jkml wrote

Would you also say 1,000 million instead of a billion?

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dickangstrom t1_jd3ajay wrote

I could if I wanted to! The point is it's not wrong to do so.

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Quinexalt t1_jd3f3gc wrote

It is wrong and you're all gonna burn in Hades!!!

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