I used to partake in all RAM discussions online. Here, reddit, every technical hardware forum and anywhere workstations were being talked about.
The sentiment was always ECC is a waste and a scam. My goodness the unhinged posts from people who thought it was a trick and couldn't fathom you don't know you're having bits flipped without it. "it's a rip off" without even looking and seeinf often the price was just that of the extra chip.
I've discussed it for 20 years since the first Mac Pro and people just did not want to hear that it had any use. Even after the Google study.
Consumers giving professionals advice. Was same with workstation graphics cards.
Very bizarre, as I also found it helped with this! I was only a First Officer at the time, but even as a Captain today I find playing 2048 during take off and landing really helps.
> " I guess you don't really know that you needed ECC until it's too late."
I spent many years on hardware consultation and was amazed at the all the times I had to explain it was just a what if insurance like any other things their business was mitigating against. Sometimes they'd even decided they needed to save costs in non-ecc ram when it was $4 a gb in difference, or (during the FB-DIMM era) there wasn't even an option to avoid it.
Never really understood the resistance towards it.
Maybe the lack of evidence before the Google study and people thinking RAM manufacturers were trying to rip them off or something.
The "never had a problem so why would I need" it attitude with no way to know if an issue was caused by a bit flip was most baffling.
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They wouldn't have been able to have all their partnerships, generate revenue from other sources or have apps either.
Ah yes your anecdotal experience clearly means one of the largest companies in the world is rejecting remote work by buying an office they already lease.
I've been using WSB and what has come since for many years as additional sources of DD; and it reads like "Howdy do fellow kids" type nonsense from someone who isn't part of the community.
The Ape stuff is cringe, because that moniker is adopted for those who can't read/can only buy and hold stock and is purely focused on GME anyway.
This could be a great resource and it doesn't need to be directed to people playing up ridiculous persona's on reddit when the reality is those who will read this are intelligent investors.
I used to sell workstations and servers years ago and trying to convince people they needed ECC Ram and that it was just insurance for (often) just the price of the extra chips on the DIMMs was a nightmare.
The amount of uninformed and inexperienced counter arguments online suggesting it was purely Intel seeking extra money (even though they didn't sell RAM) was ridiculous.
I never understood why there was so much push back from the consumer world commenting on something they had no idea about. Similar arguments for why would you ever need xxGB of RAM while also condemning the incorrect 640kb RAM Bill Gates comment.