WeirdSysAdmin t1_jdktvaf wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:01 AM

Reply to comment by ChesterNorris in Need help identifying snake found in backyard by D3ATH_ADDER

https://i.imgur.com/clLFQ6Q.jpg

WeirdSysAdmin t1_jdiotok wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:48 PM

Reply to comment by IHOP_007 in ELI5: Why does "turning it off and on again" work so well for troubleshooting? by WillShelbyOBE

Adding to this, RAM in desktop computer is typically NOT error correcting. That is usually something we only put in server hardware due to cost.

Error correcting RAM basically has an extra storage chip on it that continually checks for memory corruption.

RAM is actually insanely sensitive to environmental changes. Something like an electrical fluctuation can cause values stored in RAM to change. This can even be caused by planetary scale things like solar flares or little things like temperature changes.

WeirdSysAdmin t1_j6k0wgc wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Reply to comment by Emily_Postal in About 60 former landfills, industrial waste sites and illegal toxic dumps in New Jersey have been transformed from poisonous eyesores to productive venues — like parks, museums, ball fields and solar farms by rollotomasi07071

I bet it gets glowing reviews.

WeirdSysAdmin t1_j091ckf wrote on December 14, 2022 at 10:59 PM

Reply to comment by RafeDangerous in Credit Card Fraud at WAWA by username4username

This happened at a Wawa a while back where gas attendants cloned a ton of cards.

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/credit-card-skimming-scam-found-at-wawa-in-burlington-twp-n-j/

It's going to be significantly more common as inflation and stale wages are going to make people desperate while working service jobs with how insanely low paying compared to the cost of existing.