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the universe about to have a little minty b (mander.xyz)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If your data is in memory only, crashing will revert to the latest save, which could be forever ago.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    But you wouldn’t know right?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Nope

    It could have happened a dozen times already.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That's why you walked into the room and forgot why you came in there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That would require data to be saved.

    If any such thing happened, it would be seemless.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It depends on which data is saved and what methods are used. Maybe it was able to use a partial write. Or maybe your position was saved, but your memory wasn't, and your mind had to fill in the blanks.

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