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caiuscorvus t1_iu14qnr wrote

Reply to comment by citybadger in 3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023 by M416_Lover

Megapixels makes sense since most people will be able to go: oh! 300x a phone camera. Got it.

Changing to an unfamiliar unit (gigapixels) opacifies the meaning.

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Napsack_ t1_iu1mlrw wrote

Now that (opacifies) is a new word for me.

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Rhamba t1_iu3171m wrote

Pacify-opacify

Opaque - oopaquify?????

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Kerbal634 t1_iu1zciz wrote

Phone buyers getting a 64 GB phone and wondering why there are 64,000 MB in it instead of GBs

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quantum_trogdor t1_iu21tb4 wrote

Every one that has a phone or computer is familiar with the prefixes of Mega and Giga, and most likely Tera

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