• onslaught545@lemmy.zip
    5·
    2 days ago

    Yup, people theorized that it was from a cosmic ray, but it just as early could have been a hardware issue.

    For context, cosmic ray bit flips are so rare that people whose entire careers put them in a position to catch one will likely never see it happen.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      2·
      2 days ago

      For context, cosmic ray but flips are so rare that people whose entire careers put them in a position to catch one will likely never see it happen.

      Y’know as someone who just couldn’t afford shelling out for ECC RAM for my home server, and seeing all the “BuT wHaT iF” FUD online about bit flips…

      …I REALLY appreciate this and it’s lowered my ambient anxiety. :)

      I’ll still maintain a reasonable backup strategy, of course!