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Three monitors, and i feel insulted (lemmy.world)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 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.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 7 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.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

If you have real data integrity needs, you shouldn't be relying on off-the-shelf home PC parts. There's real hardware and software for such applications.

Your basement is safe enough from cosmic rays for your personal needs.

[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Where's your ECC?