Post #1802596
2026-03-07 00:14 UTC
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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@FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2026-03-07 02:56
Exactly, one of the 'nerd edge cases' (as the now removed comment mentioned) is that I use ZFS on my NAS. There's lots of checksumming and encryption. Errors in that process are not acceptable and could potentially cause data loss. Since the one of the points of using ZFS is the enhanced data integrity, not using ECC means losing out on that guarantee.