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Update symbols for bits to "bit" #136

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The international symbol for the bit is "bit", not "b", which was
deprecated a while ago. This commit updates the symbol accordingly.

The international symbol for the bit is "bit", not "b", which was
deprecated a while ago. This commit updates the symbol accordingly.
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I'm not sure if you realized this but the lib defaults to traditional binary, and allows you to run anything you want... there's even a partial application to keep it low waste.

"bit" and "b" are interchangable. I'm well aware of SI. I'm Canadian.

@avoidwork avoidwork closed this Jul 20, 2021
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"bit" and "b" are interchangable

b is only valid in IEEE, but bit causes far less confusion. Why not just use the less confusing one?

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This is your opinion.

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I guess, but seeing as many people do not know that the symbols are case sensitive, there are people who read things like "Mbps" or "Mb/s" as "megabytes per second". This is far less likely, if not essentially impossible, to do when the symbol reads "Mbit/s". I don't see what the resistance is about with changing this when it's so easy to change and clearly reduces confusion.

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Could you merge this in?

@avoidwork avoidwork merged commit 1e36a1b into avoidwork:master Aug 6, 2021
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