Several articles I read recently

I'll show you some articles which I recently read and felt something against.

Tarsnap - Why is 1 GB 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?

I've not known this before. This is not essential, but something new for me was the unit of 'Gm'. We rarely say this, do we? For example, I think the diameter of Earth would be expressed as 12,742 km, not 12Gm.


Updated: The French Move To Protect Workers From After-Hours Email | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

I bet this would not be acceptable in Japan lol
However, I'm working in UK now and I could feel the difference of working style between Japan and UK. Now I think this kind of idea is important because competitions between companies would put on speed in theory unless there are no restrictions. It sometimes makes not only employees but also employers unhappy. My manager is keen to this point. He always attempts to make his employees not to work hard. He said, hard works make people get tired and it finally might cause his leaving from their job.