I always wondered: would a direct hit from a coronal mass ejection wipe out all hard drives? It will be... interesting if we have to rewrite all software from scratch.

I found a topic on how fast we could potentially bring back a functional OS from scratch but I unfortunately cannot find it back.. it was a good read :(

This sounds like a decent plot for some sci-fi novel.

We can probably add humans to this list too.

They're taking about potential killers not ones in the act.

>> One estimate suggests that there is a 1% chance of a super-eruption in the next 460–7,200 years.

And there is a 99.9999% chance that I will not see it. So why should I care?

The article listed several risks. What would the number be for all risks combined?