JensSpahnpastaMar 6

10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips

https://feddit.org/post/26711761

10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips - feddit.org

Lemmy

Show threadBjörnMar 6
Guess Linus was right again to only use ECC RAM.
Show threadRetail4068Mar 6

Let’s spend a ton of extra money minimizing edge case crashing in a browser!!!

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Show threadFauxLivingMar 6
I don’t know about you, but I use my RAM for a lot more than a browser.
Show threadRetail4068Mar 6
What nerd edge case do you want to talk about that is so important you need ECC?
Show threaddeadcadeMar 7

Simple stuff like a calculator can be just as broken by a bitflip as more complex things. You woulndn’t want your calculator to say 1 + 1 = 2049.

If you want to rely on your computer, ECC RAM is required.

Show threadRetail4068Mar 7
At what% does this effect the average consumer. And additionally in a critical easy. Can you cite, literally one case, where the presence of ECC would have been critical beyond an occasional annoyance. 1.
Show threaddeadcade

The exact numbers for when it messes something up, but keeps running, are unknown and highly ubpredictable.

According to above post, about 10% of firefox crashes (more numbers found in the post) are caused by this stuff. It’s not unreasonable to say those crashes could’ve had the bitflip happen on content instead, changing maybe a character on the page or something.

Note that it’s not 10% of users, as that’s reslly hard to figure out. Someone with bad RAM will likely crash more often.

Mar 7 at 7:42amWeb
Show threadRetail4068Mar 7
So no. You’re optimizing around an edge case and something users don’t give a fuck about. Got it. 👍