Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them"www.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-linkDell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them"www.windowscentral.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours ago A term means something and applies somewhere. Words are redefined all the time. Kilo should mean 1000. It was the international standard definition for 150 years. But now with computers it means 1024. Confabulation would have been a better choice. But people have chosen hallucinate.
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoAlthough I agree with you, you chose a poor example. Kilo doesn’t mean 1024, that’s kibi. Many of us in tech differentiate because it’s important.
Words are redefined all the time. Kilo should mean 1000. It was the international standard definition for 150 years. But now with computers it means 1024.
Confabulation would have been a better choice. But people have chosen hallucinate.
Although I agree with you, you chose a poor example.
Kilo doesn’t mean 1024, that’s kibi. Many of us in tech differentiate because it’s important.