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eszedyesterday at 7:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

> 10 computers a year experience this bit flip

That's wildly more than I would have naively expected to experience a specific bit-flip. Wow!


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mapontoseventhsyesterday at 8:01 PM

Scale makes the uncommon common. Remember kids, if she's one in a million that means there are 11 of her in Ohio alone.

d1sxeyesyesterday at 10:39 PM

~800 bit flips per year per computer. 2 billion computers with 800 bit flips each is 1,600,000,000,000 (one point six trillion) bit flips.

Big numbers are crazy.