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Aurora 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.world)

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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/

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (14 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not gunna get cosmic rays at night though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Could be a neutrino strike.

(Or it could be an N64 memory expansion pack being flaky because damn they were flaky. It doesn't matter that your game isn't actually using the extended memory, it's still shitting all over the RAMBUS).

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