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Protecting Supercomputers from an Extraterrestrial Threat

4 pointsby reeeeeeover 3 years ago

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reeeeeeover 3 years ago
I did some looking into this subject after Veritassium posted a video regarding cosmic rays changing the election result in Belgium some time ago[1]. But looking further into the issue, it seemed that there was (and is) scepticism regarding cosmic rays being the <i>actual</i> reason for the miscount. [2][3]<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=AaZ_RSt0KP8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=AaZ_RSt0KP8</a> 2. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20070927185155&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.ael.be&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;ElectronicVotingRandomSpontaneousBitInversionExplained" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20070927185155&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.ael.b...</a> 3. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.paco.to&#x2F;2017&#x2F;cosmic-rays-did-not-change-election-results&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.paco.to&#x2F;2017&#x2F;cosmic-rays-did-not-change-electio...</a>