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You jest, but there's truth here: it's disingenuous (as I suspect the GP knows) for GP's friend to claim that the hardware is perfect when in fact it's missing
by javawizard 6y ago
You jest, but there's truth here: it's disingenuous (as I suspect the GP knows) for GP's friend to claim that the hardware is perfect when in fact it's missing a simple protection against software bugs causing it to catch fire.
- Espressosaurus 6y agoIf I had a dollar for every time a silicon or analog designer said "well don't do that" when I identify a combination of register writes that will damage the hardware...
- formerly_proven 6y agoOh no, I'm not joking at all. I did just this a few times: I also wrote the firmware which blew the fragile hardware up.