going to bed now

I did nothing today

@strongsand maybe also because historically non-8-bit bytes were more common and not all devices on a network would necessarily have the same byte size (which is why all the protocol specifications refer to bytes as octets)

@strongsand I'm not sure but possibly because the protocol on the physical layer transmits one bit at a time and doesn't care about the size of a byte (plus bigger numbers looking more impressive which was already mentioned) (I don't actually know the details of how data is transmitted though, but ethernet is definitely serial)

sizes of SPI NOR flash are also measured in bits for some reason, which is confusing because the sizes of the stuff that's stored on them (at least when they're used for storing boot firmware) is measured in bytes

@kemona_halftau consider
mreow meoww mrrp nyaaa mrrrwow

@strongsand wired network speed is measured in bits too, it's not just wifi

@kemona_halftau good morning

@kemona_halftau analog or digital slr? I don't think I have ever used a film camera

(also I need to get a proper camera. I had one but it disappeared somewhere a few years ago)

@kemona_halftau good night! (we have opposite sleep schedules now I think)

good morning

going to bed now, good night

@derthomas no but I would if they still offered them (I'm too young)

@kemona_halftau good morning

@kemona_halftau good night

morning

nini

SSTV R72 Image received on 14.230 MHz USB at 2026-09-09 23:38:47 UTC
#sstv #R72 #14230kHz

@kemona_halftau yes

@kemona_halftau good morning/evening (I should probably go to bed soon)