[HN Gopher] How to Convert Bytes to Grams
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       How to Convert Bytes to Grams
        
       Author : thatxliner
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-07-16 08:13 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | HDMI_Cable wrote:
       | Instead of using MLA, it might have been better to base the
       | amount of text able to fit on the page off of 80-column punch
       | cards or GNU Enscript [1]. I think you would probably get a
       | vastly different number, as that seems more information dense.
       | Also, does the weight of the ink matter at all?
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       | [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/
        
       | dools wrote:
       | It would be interesting to redo the calculation based on the
       | weight change in electronic storage media when data is written
       | versus being zeroed out:
       | 
       | https://langa.com/index.php/2019/08/29/yes-your-hdds-and-ssd...
        
       | jaclaz wrote:
       | Only as a side note, one of the good things of the (ISO 216) A
       | format for similar calculations is that the largest one, A0, is
       | defined as being 1 m2 (841x1,189 mm) and since smaller formats
       | are obtained halving the size, the common A4 is the 4th halving,
       | thus it is 1/16th of the A0.
       | 
       | A sheet of A4 paper 80 gr/m2 weights 5 grams, easier.
       | 
       | Back to the link, I lost the Author when he uses the "i" and
       | Times New Roman, I would have found the experiment more
       | meaningful if he used a fixed spaced font and thus could print
       | something more than i's, and then there is the issue about non-
       | printable characters, if you really want to "print" a program you
       | will need hex, which would at least double the weight of a byte.
        
         | thatxliner wrote:
         | Yea I originally was going to use A4 paper, which is 5 grams. I
         | was thinking "awesome," but then I found out that it wasn't
         | technically MLA. It's a very small difference between 8.5 x 11
         | inches vs 8.3 x 11.7 inches though.
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | Technically, doesn't information have entropy, and therefore
       | mass?
        
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