Why does my new 500gb ssd only have 465.8gb?

1. 2021-12-27 at 3:53 AM UTC

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   Fonaplats victim of incest [daylong jump-start that nome]
   This is why people get shot.
2. 2021-12-27 at 3:56 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   they use decimal for marketing but capacity is actually calculated in binary
   
   also some space is used for partition headers and shit
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3. 2021-12-27 at 4:08 AM UTC

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   Bradley Florida Man
   has specs that it uses to load it off of a stick of gum
   
   u really too stupid to get that bro?
4. 2021-12-27 at 1:50 PM UTC

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   Kev Space Nigga
   aldra already laid it out but yeah theres a difference, it gets confusing. when i got my 2tb hdd i couldve sworn theres no way 200000000000 whatever bytes equals 1.8 terabytes but i did the math and it was accurate. i couldnt fuckin believe that just a tiny difference could multiply like that.