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by brookst 605 days ago
Sockets fail more than solder.
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SSD NAND ahs a shorter lifespan than sockets.
Failure rates are multiplicative, not concurrent. If I have a car with an engine that lasts on average 200k miles, adding a transmission that fails on average at 300k miles results in a vehicle with a MTBF of less than 200k miles.