The Universe is Hostile to Computers

Me, a software engineer, encountering a bug after watching this video: "yeah that must be the cosmic radiation again, definitely no errors in my code for sure"

"How did you win?" "I guess the stars just aligned"

Imagine being a particle shooting through space for billions of years only to help someone beat a level of Mario.

It's a little comforting knowing that if there was ever a robot uprising, the universe would be there to protect us.

So Cyberpunk isnt "buggy", its just "cosmically attuned"

Maria can say universe literally was on her side that day

My company had an unexplained event like this some 20-25 years ago. The bottom valve of a chemical reactor opened prematurely dropping the batch from that reactor into the next reactor, ruining both batches. The investigation found no issues with hardware and software. Watching this video jogged my memory on that incident and now I truly believe it was caused by cosmic rays.

Bro. The amount of knowledge that is out there that we don’t even know about is crazy. I never knew something like this even existed/ considered it. I’m a software engineer and work with computer hardware, never knew this was a thing

Just imagine, a black hole shoots a jet of near-light-speed particles in a random direction, one of these particles travels through space for billions of years, passes by stars, black holes, entire galaxies... and then it just sorta makes Mario teleport to a higher platform. The universe is such a weird an crazy place.

So the universe itself casted its 4,096 votes, and we just discounted them? sheesh

As a computer engineer, this is an amazing collection of scientific explanations and history on this issue.

Just want to say that I absolutely love this channel, after getting out of school and feeling like questions I've had as a kid get shut down all the time amongst other things. Your videos rekindle my fascination with all things science, not only that but you're able to break down and explain some wildly complicated things that most people wouldn't even begin to understand. Just goes to show how much effort you put into research and understanding, as well as talking to field professionals & experts. It doesn't go unnoticed and I hope you never stop making these. Thank you Derek!

Maria is one of the only people that can claim the universe elected her.

Ok but how do we get one of those charged particles to flip a 0 in our bank accounts so we can get an extra million $$$$ by mistake? Asking for a friend.

One of the most interesting docs I've seen in a while. Keep up the good work.

Several years ago I saw a flash of light just as I closed my eyes and sat down on my bed. I tried recreating it, thinking it was the sunlight shining through my window, but nothing like it ever happened again, no matter how I moved around my room. Now, I finally have a possible explanation.

Imagine sitting in a plane and the guy next to you pulls out a Geiger counter.

"Computers work precisely because bits don't flip unless we want them to. Or do they?" Cue Vsauce music.

Hearing the music slowly fading in, the same song that you've been using for like 10 yrs now feels like home when i watch your videos. thank you!

Yeah I agree with the others. This is honestly one of the best educational videos I have come across on the internet. It opened my mind about a lot of things, one is that we shouldn’t let our everyday work stress us out too much, because if problems or “errors” did not exist we would not progress as problem solvers and critical thinkers.