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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does anybody ever figure in parity when comparing bit sizes and all that jazz or are we only ever concerned with storage space?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

You can't store data in parity bits... so it's irrelevant.