I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It’s about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

  • Kalkaline @leminal.space
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    10 months ago

    Harvard’s CS50 has a great explanation on it. Makes a ton of sense. In fact CS50 should be required for high school, people would have a much better understanding of how software works in general.

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        10 months ago

        So teaching it alongside things like the quadratic equation makes perfect sense then.

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        10 months ago

        Exploring concepts that aren’t familiar to you can help you with other issues in your daily life. It helps you problem solve from a new perspective.