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Re:Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to ... by londons_explore on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:58AM (#36875620)
Turns out most bit flips in non-crypto systems simply have no effect.

A bitflip in an error handling path of a binary, where that error never happens - no user impact.

A bitflip in a bitmap image buffer - user doesn't notice one miscoloured pixel for 1 frame in an animation.

A bitflip in a config datastructure changing 0x00000001 to 0x00400001 - no impact because the whole number is treated as boolean anyway.

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Re:Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to ... by jacquesm on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:45AM (#36876090)
A bitflip in a config datastructure changing 0x00000001 to 0x00000000 - whatever impact you want to imagine.
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Re:Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to ... by pclmulqdq on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:42AM (#36879633)
1 in 32 is good odds to me.
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Re:Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to ... by jacquesm on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:00PM (#36884040) 

   if (launch) {
     do_launch();
   }
   else {
     printf("this is just a test...\n");
   }
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