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xariant t1_isxyv8v wrote
Reply to The Earth is subjected to a hail of subatomic particles from the Sun and beyond our solar system which could be the cause of glitches that afflict our phones and computers. And the risk is growing as microchip technology shrinks. by Sariel007
Bugs in complex software/hardware systems are WAYYYY more likely than cosmic waves being at fault. We even have error correction in our RAM and comms protocols to handle corruption.
The excerpt reads like FUD against voting machines. Right before an election. Yeah, right.
xariant t1_isy3ewv wrote
Reply to comment by qichael in The Earth is subjected to a hail of subatomic particles from the Sun and beyond our solar system which could be the cause of glitches that afflict our phones and computers. And the risk is growing as microchip technology shrinks. by Sariel007
It would be really stupid for a voting machine to be designed that doesn't use error correcting technology. It is not THAT much more expensive if at all, these days.
Bugs in hardware and software design are extremely common and are nearly infinitely more likely to cause problems than cosmic particles that evaded hardware error correction schemes.