On 2021-01-16 10:33 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

This is something I quite agree with.  I gave up complaining about 20 
years ago but would welcome a change:

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/linus-torvalds-blames-intel-for-lack-of-ecc-ram-in-consumer-pcs/>
<https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=198497&curpostid=198647>
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Letting a cost accountant into the building is often a business risk (;-))

A disgusted tech support person said "Whenever our app fails, we run a checksum of it, and usually end up telling the customer to delete it and reinstall". 

I remember when ZFS shipped, and customers were discovering bit-rot because it checksummed everything.

--dave

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