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Re:Single random bit flip causes error in certificate transp... by twistedpair on Monday July 05, 2021 @08:57AM (#27737463)
Failing to account for bit flips and HW failure is too common in web/service coding. Lookup how Google dropped a massive Big Table instance in prod, and traced it back to a cosmic ray bit flip that made a WRITE instruction into a DROP TABLE instruction.

I laugh when I compare my day to day coding to that of an avionics programmer in the aero industry.

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Re:Single random bit flip causes error in certificate transp... by goodpoint on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:08AM (#27738155)
The "web" coding words falls for things like leftpad, imagine talking about bit flips.

It's sad how immature the software industry can be. It's been around for "only" 60/70 years after all.

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Re:Single random bit flip causes error in certificate transp... by xpasky on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:24AM (#27737722)
I couldn't find it. Do you have a reference?
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Re:Single random bit flip causes error in certificate transp... by twistedpair on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:33PM (#27754598)
There are some examples here [1]. Dig as I may, I cannot locate the original Google source I read about this ~3y ago.

1. https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/atc12/atc12-f...

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