Post #2524467
2026-03-15 06:42 UTC
@Aaron_DeVries@mastodon.social @swope@mstdn.plus A lot of physical processes are thermally activated. At higher temperatures the barrier between two (meta)stable states is often easier to cross, which is why things can go wrong at higher temperature.
If it is, as I read it, bits _written_ at higher temperature having a shorter lifetime even at lower temperature after, I can imagine that the state written at higher temp isn’t as far down into the local energy minimum.
#physics #phycisist
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@swope@mstdn.plus 2026-03-15 12:28
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org Yes, I imagine that something like that is going on. And the manufacturer is honest about the 35C max operating temperature. For the user, they write a bunch of data and immediately verify the data are good -- not looking closely at the temperature log. But hours/days later their files become corrupted. It's something to be aware of, and a curious physics question. @Aaron_DeVries@mastodon.social