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Given that there is so much probability in the world, you would think you would want to be certain about things you can be objectively 100% certain about, especially for one off long term choices that have big implications.



2^-80 is orders and orders of magnitude less likely than the chance of a bit error in RAM when performing the calculation. Or of fucking up the implementation of such a check. Or of a CPU error.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160114-00/?p=...


So how did it happen in this case?




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