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That's nothing. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10952016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10952016

static_noise 11y ago
Why degrade something when you found something else that you think is better? The game of one-upping doesn't raise the quality of the discussion. - Chuck Norris
- chris_wot 11y ago
  Hey buddy, I can degrade any criticisms of one-upmanship FAR better than you can. There's no need to involve Chuck.
  - static_noise 11y ago
    You could have shown it right here. On the other hand it's pointless to argue since Chuck made his point.
oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
"Some have had disks replaced, the odd battery renewed, ..." Reminds me of the old gag: "I've had that broom for 14 years. It's only had 2 new heads and 3 new handles." At least the server in the original story stayed original.
- _Codemonkeyism 11y ago
  This was thought of by the Greeks, it's called 'Theseus paradox' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
  - saalweachter 11y ago
    Even better (especially when talking about things like teleportation), the Roosevelt Birthplace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_National_Historic_Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_... It was torn down in 1916 and then a replica was built in the same place in 1919.
- orthecreedence 11y ago
  Actually it's kind of odd, but I had a situation where a desktop computer would have a very specific boot issue (as in, if you restart it, it hangs, but if you power down, wait 5s then power up, it boots fine). Over time as I upgraded it, I replaced the hard drive, the motherboard, the power supply, the video card, the cpu, the memory, and the case. The problem remained. I know it's anecdotal, but the machine seemed to retain some core unwillingness to restart even though every piece of it had been replaced separately. I believe it was the same "broom" even though every component was different from the original.

Why degrade something when you found something else that you think is better? The game of one-upping doesn't raise the quality of the discussion. - Chuck Norris

chris_wot 11y ago
Hey buddy, I can degrade any criticisms of one-upmanship FAR better than you can. There's no need to involve Chuck.
- static_noise 11y ago
  You could have shown it right here. On the other hand it's pointless to argue since Chuck made his point.

oneeyedpigeon 11y ago

"Some have had disks replaced, the odd battery renewed, ..." Reminds me of the old gag: "I've had that broom for 14 years. It's only had 2 new heads and 3 new handles." At least the server in the original story stayed original.

_Codemonkeyism 11y ago
This was thought of by the Greeks, it's called 'Theseus paradox' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
- saalweachter 11y ago
  Even better (especially when talking about things like teleportation), the Roosevelt Birthplace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_National_Historic_Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Birthplace_... It was torn down in 1916 and then a replica was built in the same place in 1919.
orthecreedence 11y ago
Actually it's kind of odd, but I had a situation where a desktop computer would have a very specific boot issue (as in, if you restart it, it hangs, but if you power down, wait 5s then power up, it boots fine). Over time as I upgraded it, I replaced the hard drive, the motherboard, the power supply, the video card, the cpu, the memory, and the case. The problem remained. I know it's anecdotal, but the machine seemed to retain some core unwillingness to restart even though every piece of it had been replaced separately. I believe it was the same "broom" even though every component was different from the original.