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Bits and Bytes all treated as bits #56

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0x85C opened this issue Jul 1, 2020 · 1 comment
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Bits and Bytes all treated as bits #56

0x85C opened this issue Jul 1, 2020 · 1 comment
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@0x85C
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0x85C commented Jul 1, 2020 •
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Hi,

There is some odd behavior between bits and bytes, (i.e. GB, Gb, GiB) all being treated as the same unit and converted to bit, where the 3 units are distinctively different units.

Example:
"5 bytes" becomes "40 bit"
"800GB" becomes "6.4 terrabit"

Also as a side note "TB" is recognized as a terrabyte/bit, however "Tb" comes up as a tablespoon. Maybe tablespoon can be changed to "tb" so that "TB" can be consistently used, similarly to gigabytes in the following different units (TB, Tb, TiB).
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passcod commented Jan 24, 2023 •
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Ran into that today.

In general it would be nice if the units would stay within their "cohort" unless I ask for conversion or op with other units. Like

38 kilobytes * 100 * 365
= 1.4235 gigabyte

400 pounds * 1.5
= 600 pound

instead of

38 kilobytes * 100 * 365
= 11.096 gigabit

400 pounds * 1.5
= 272.1554 kilogram

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@tiffany352
Output bytes by default (#174)
6e0b42e 
This has been annoying me for years. Make rink output bytes by default,
even though bits are the base unit of information.

Only applies when you specifically ask for bytes by itself. Falls back
to bits if you use some other unit like `bit s^-1`, `bit^2`, `bit^-1`,
etc.

```
> 500 floppy
737.28 megabyte (information)
```

Improves #56 but doesn't really fix it.
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