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by X0nic 3412 days ago
Not a very convincing article to me. Why do they think it was a cosmic ray vs a simple bug? Seems to me the simpler answer is the case here.

It is also troubling they found the error accidentally. Seems they didn't do even minimal validation of the results, such as applying Benford's Law. https://iaonline.theiia.org/putting-benfords-law-to-work