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by rushi_agrawal 3932 days ago
Below are the tweets by Aphyr for the same thing (with language slightly toned down). I never thought I won't find their mention here on HN. :) Nevertheless, precise, to the point:

Buncha people giving me <filth> for calling data written through an invariant violation "corrupted state", like somehow it's not garbage.

If TCP checksums don't work right we don't call the packet "inconsistent." We call it corrupt. If a disk shuffles your file's bits? Corrupt.

I use the word corrupt to emphasize that not only has the system <messed> up, but you have no way to know your data is now <messed> up.

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I don't think you need to censor quotes on HN.