Post #1802588
2026-03-06 17:50 UTC
Replies (3)
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@toddestan@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 22:22
Bit rot is real, I've seen it first hand in plenty of cases. While I tend to blame the storage device, for infrequently accessed files that have been copied multiple times across different drives, I can't rule out RAM or some other source of the corruption.
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@deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 2026-03-07 00:14
Simple stuff like a calculator can be just as broken by a bitflip as more complex things. You wouldn't want your calculator to say 1 + 1 = 2049. If you want to rely on your computer, ECC RAM is required.
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@Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2026-03-06 19:35
Improved overall system stability and data accuracy? With error correction, you can also push performance farther, since you can tolerate a certain amount of errors, instead of needing to aim for 0% error rate.