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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Do you mean that you think bit flips are inconsequential, or that the rate of bit flips is inconsequential?

[–] SpaceNoodle 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The rate for your home PC is inconsequential, and the difference between a thin sheet of metal and lexan would have an inconsequential impact.

But flips are not inherently inconsequential. Coincidentally, a lot of my current work involves making sure we are not adversely affected by cosmic bit flips in safety-critical hardware.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The rate for your home PC is inconsequential,

Please don't make assumptions about my data integrity needs.

But thanks for clarifying what you meant.

[–] Sprawlie 5 points 10 months ago

Where's your ECC?

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