> Random bitflips (aka hardware that doesn't work) are a relatively new thing. Bits flipping due to hardware that didn’t work well was what caused Xerox PARC t

> Random bitflips (aka hardware that doesn't work) are a relatively new thing. Bits flipping due to hardware that didn’t work well was what caused Xerox PARC to implement an error correcting memory for MAXC, fifty years ago. https://gunkies.org/wiki/Maxc https://gunkies.org/wiki/Maxc > Bit flips due to buggy software was a thing though. No kidding.