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halfmatthalfcatyesterday at 6:29 PM3 repliesview on HN

It's "HN-likely" which translates to "almost never" in reality.


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Supermanchoyesterday at 8:13 PM

Happens all the time, in reality (even on the darkside). When the atmosphere fails (again, happening all the time), error correction usually handles the errant bits.

patjayesterday at 6:38 PM

Especially since HN readers are more likely to be using ECC memory

smegger001yesterday at 6:40 PM

if cosmic ray bit flips were so rare then ecc ram wouldn't be a thing.

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