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Portability of Tar Features

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40 points Bogdanp | 4 comments | 03 Jul 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 1.656s | source
1. porker ◴[07 Jul 25 09:53 UTC] No.44488532[source]▶
(2018)
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2. eesmith ◴[07 Jul 25 12:11 UTC] No.44489526[source]▶
We know it's out of date because "This is signalled by setting the MSB of the first octet, and provides for 95-bit integer size, i.e. 32768 YiB (it's so big that we lack a better prefix for it)." ;)

In 2022 ronna- became the recognized prefix for 10^27 and earlier this year robi- became the recognized prefix for 2^90. 32768 YiB is 32RiB.

Jupiter has a mass of 1.9 Rkg.

After that is quetta- for 10^30 and quebi- for 2^100.

The Sun has a mass of 2 Qkg.

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3. bryanlarsen ◴[07 Jul 25 12:37 UTC] No.44489742[source]▶
Qkg? I hope that's not a thing and that you either mean 2Qg or 2000Qg?
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4. eesmith ◴[07 Jul 25 12:44 UTC] No.44489798{3}[source]▶
D'oh! Yes, you're absolutely without a doubt correct!

The Sun masses 2000Qg. We're going to need a new unit.