Squorlple@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoAurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, at this part of the country, localized entirely within maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageAurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, at this part of the country, localized entirely within maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California?lemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13503475 Context: https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4552740-severe-geomagnetic-storm-conditions-impacting-earth-noaa-says-what-to-know/amp/
minus-squareCertainly_No_Brit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months agoI love the last panel. He’s waiting for a miraculous bit flip. Edit: Context and the cosmic bit flip is probalby not true: https://youtu.be/vj8DzA9y8ls
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI don’t know dude. It sounds that this YTer is a bit angry about a possible explanation that sounds reasonable and has no proof to debunk it either.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months ago has no proof to debunk it Yeah, because you can’t prove a negative. He doesn’t need to debunk it, only to provide an alternative explanation which is more likely. Occam’s razor.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSo was it a cart slap? No. Was the device and or cart faulty? No. Was the constructions nearby the cause? No. We only know that something flipped the bit. So why not spice this freak accident up by saying that cosmic rays were the culprit?
I love the last panel. He’s waiting for a miraculous bit flip.
Edit: Context and the cosmic bit flip is probalby not true: https://youtu.be/vj8DzA9y8ls
I don’t know dude. It sounds that this YTer is a bit angry about a possible explanation that sounds reasonable and has no proof to debunk it either.
Yeah, because you can’t prove a negative. He doesn’t need to debunk it, only to provide an alternative explanation which is more likely. Occam’s razor.
So was it a cart slap? No. Was the device and or cart faulty? No. Was the constructions nearby the cause? No.
We only know that something flipped the bit. So why not spice this freak accident up by saying that cosmic rays were the culprit?