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		lightedman 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes? Man let a drug dealer give me a binary 'kilo' of some drug. That's almost a free ounce included!

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AngryData 13 days ago [–]

In North America blackmarket drugs are often sold in pounds and ounces but measured in grams so you do see some rounding.

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