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They don't - random bit flips are expected over time. ECC memory is a thing because of this, but cosmic rays can strike the processors too.
by timthorn 2y ago
They don't - random bit flips are expected over time. ECC memory is a thing because of this, but cosmic rays can strike the processors too.
- Kye 2y agoI know I was doing a bit
- bowsamic 2y agoI don't think jokes make sense when they are just entirely wrong though. Instead it just comes across as you being ignorant or perpetuating misinformation, rather than a joke
- Kye 2y agoSo far only two of about ten people took it in an overly literal way rather than understanding and going with the core of it so I think I'll keep aligning my bits toward them. Have a nice day.
- bowsamic 2y agoYou’ll align your bits towards falsity and ineptitude? It is a big deal that computers don’t always do what they’re told in this case. STOP perpetuating lies
- Kye 2y agoThere are, broadly speaking, three genres of Misinformed About Computers: The deeply interested, but informed by charlatans. I cannot affect their beliefs. The immune to information. The person who believes computers are scary, arcane objects. I cannot misinform them more than they already are. Meanwhile, everyone else understood the point is that abstractions amplify computer problems whether they're human error or ghosts in the machine. Your model of misinformation spread needs work.
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