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  • Weird numbering system? Things are still stored in blocks of 8 bits at the end, it doesn’t matter.

    When it gets down to what matter on hard drives, every byte still uses 8 bits, and all other numbers for people actually working with computer science that matter are multiples of 8, not 10.

    And because all internal systems use base 8, base 10 is “slower” (not that it matters any longer.