▲ 486 ▼ Software Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them (futurism.com) submitted 3 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (4 children) Metric or imperial byte? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (2 children) Two nibbles is an acceptable answer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have two nibbles. My cat had six. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MaskedNybbles@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago Sorry? permalink fedilink source parent [–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago That's half a word. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago You say that, but that is (or at least was) a real problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture) permalink fedilink source parent [–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago It all depends on whether the CPUs kibibyte flag is set! permalink fedilink source parent [–] luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago You jest, but a byte isn't always 8 bits (well, nowaday it kinda is, de facto, but it wasn't always like that). An 8-bit byte is called an octet, I don't see it used much in english, but apparently it is used nonetheless, after a quick check. Since octets are the standard byte size, I suppose we could call them "metric bytes". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (2 children) Two nibbles is an acceptable answer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have two nibbles. My cat had six. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MaskedNybbles@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago Sorry? permalink fedilink source parent [–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago That's half a word. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) I have two nibbles. My cat had six. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MaskedNybbles@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago Sorry? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago You say that, but that is (or at least was) a real problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago It all depends on whether the CPUs kibibyte flag is set! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago You jest, but a byte isn't always 8 bits (well, nowaday it kinda is, de facto, but it wasn't always like that). An 8-bit byte is called an octet, I don't see it used much in english, but apparently it is used nonetheless, after a quick check. Since octets are the standard byte size, I suppose we could call them "metric bytes". permalink fedilink source parent