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Software Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them (futurism.com)
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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Metric or imperial byte?

[–] luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day 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".

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

You say that, but that is (or at least was) a real problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Two nibbles is an acceptable answer.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I have two nibbles. My cat had six.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 days ago

That's half a word.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

It all depends on whether the CPUs kibibyte flag is set!