{"id":127305,"date":"2021-09-06T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/the-universe-is-hostile-to-computers"},"modified":"2021-09-06T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:24:46","slug":"the-universe-is-hostile-to-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/the-universe-is-hostile-to-computers","title":{"rendered":"The Universe is Hostile to Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AaZ_RSt0KP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/veritasium\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/veritasium<\/a> get 20% off a yearly subscription.<\/p>\n<p>This video was inspired by the RadioLab Podcast \u201cBit Flip\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ve42.co\/BF\">https:\/\/ve42.co\/BF<\/a> \u2014 they\u2019re brilliant science storytellers.<\/p>\n<p>A Huge thanks to Dr Leif Scheick, Calla Cofield and the JPL Media Relations Team.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Col Chris Hadfield. Check out his book: <a href=\"https:\/\/chrishadfield.ca\/books\/\">https:\/\/chrishadfield.ca\/books\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2580\u2580\u2580<br \/> References:<br \/> J. F. Ziegler, \u201cTerrestrial cosmic rays,\u201d in IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 40 no. 1 pp. 19\u201339, Jan. 1,996 doi: 10.1147\/rd.401.0019. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/ve42.co\/Ziegler1996\">https:\/\/ve42.co\/Ziegler1996<\/a><\/p>\n<p>D. Binder, E. C. Smith and A. B. Holman, \u201cSatellite Anomalies from Galactic Cosmic Rays,\u201d in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 22 no. 6 pp. 2675\u20132680, Dec. 1,975 doi: 10.1109\/TNS.1975.4328188 <a href=\"https:\/\/ve42.co\/Binder1975\">https:\/\/ve42.co\/Binder1975<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/the-universe-is-hostile-to-computers\">Continue reading \u201cThe Universe is Hostile to Computers\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https:\/\/brilliant.org\/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. This video was inspired by the RadioLab Podcast \u201cBit Flip\u201d https:\/\/ve42.co\/BF \u2014 they\u2019re brilliant science storytellers. A Huge thanks to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,48,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-particle-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}