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The maximum image size one can upload is 2 MiB, not 2 MB, unlike what is stated:

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    Two men in black can still be heavy...
    – Deer Hunter
    Commented Aug 2, 2015 at 20:01
  • how do you find that it's 2 MiB, not 2 MB?
    – Ooker
    Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 9:17
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    “MB” means 1048576 bytes. It isn't the SI prefix, it's the computerese prefix. Deal with it.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 10:30
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    @Gilles I think it is fairer to say: MB is ambiguous and overloaded, and has variously been used to represent all of 1000x1000, 1024x1000 and 1024x1024 bytes - usually depending on which sounds more marketable. Conversely, however, MiB is still meaningless to the majority of non IT folk.
    – Marc Gravell
    Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 11:20
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    @Ooker I can confirm: public const int MaxUploadSizeBytes = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
    – Marc Gravell
    Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 11:25

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Yes; that is unnecessarily ambiguous (although since MB is so poorly defined, historically, we could argue that it isn't actually wrong as such). But: this should be clarified in the next build.

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