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Uiaad
Uiaad
That's marketing for ya
Sono
Sono
What we expect: 1024
What we get: 1000

Basically, they reduce what you get by 2.34375% just by using marketing bullshittery.
K3Nv4
K3Nv4
After format it's around 950 or so
Sono
Sono
Oh, I actually forgot to compound the losses caused by repeated conversion...

What we expect: 1024^4
What we get: 1000^4
What gets displayed: 1000^4 / 1024^(4-1)
Actual value got: (1000/1024)^(4-1)
Losses: (100% - actual value got) = ~6.8%, wow!

They are stealing 2 out of each ~29 bytes!
K3Nv4
K3Nv4
I'm not being that literal about it
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