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There are far more boring things that have created immeasurable problems, around 2001/2 capacitors began leaking and rendering almost every electrical device th
by dirtbox 10y ago
There are far more boring things that have created immeasurable problems, around 2001/2 capacitors began leaking and rendering almost every electrical device that was fitted with useless after around a year of use. By the time the problem had been discovered, the capacitors were in widespread use all over the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
- blubb-fish 10y agoThat was not a slip - that was clearly intended failure.
- simonh 10y agoApparently it was because they used an incomplete copy of an electrolyte formula developed in Japan, but didn't understand the chemistry of the formula properly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague#Industrial_espionage_implicated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague#Industrial_es...