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What's the actual impact on life, society and tech?

• Giorgi 4y ago
  Power goes out, so no protection from lasers and can't build new units.
• gumballindie 4y ago
  None.
• weberer 4y ago
  >life No impact >society You get to see the northern lights >tech For a G4 storm, there may be some HF radio blackouts and power grid errors. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
  • syockit 4y ago
    That'd better be the real northern lights, and not someone forgetting to turn off the stove after realizing the lunch is ruined.
• the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
  Potential of speedruns: https://hackaday.com/2021/02/17/cosmic-ray-flips-bit-assists-mario-64-speedrunner/ https://hackaday.com/2021/02/17/cosmic-ray-flips-bit-assists...
  • fartsucker69 4y ago
    cant find the article anymore, but this was debunked
    • the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
      I would be curious how you debunk this. It's evident that a bit flipped, cosmic rays are a known source of bit flips and a quite likely one compared to other factors. How do you debunk this?