how much is a nautical gigabyte? *looks at notes* 256 terrestrial bytes

@blackle The math behind that particular conversion has always been super interesting to me. It derives directly from the index of refraction of the transmission material so, while we generally use 256 terrestrial bytes === 1 nautical gigabyte, if one measures using heavy water for the nautical gigabyte, one will actually find 272 terrestrial bytes! Average consumer grade systems will probably never run into a heavy water nautical gigabyte in the wild, but specialist systems mus

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