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It may be a one-in-a-million risk, but I don't like the idea that if some disaster strikes and takes out industrial civilization, at some point we could have pe
by epicureanideal 6y ago
It may be a one-in-a-million risk, but I don't like the idea that if some disaster strikes and takes out industrial civilization, at some point we could have perfectly good laptops that are no better than bricks because they can't talk to Apple over the internet...
- dannymx 6y agoI'd be more worried about other things if a disaster big enough takes out civilization than trying to clean wipe a Macbook.
- epicureanideal 6y agoIt might be that we need those machines for some practical purpose.
- ec109685 6y agoThe laptop will work until it needs to be wiped and reset.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoYou have reached Peak HN.
- epicureanideal 6y agoAfter the fall of the Roman Empire, technology that could survive in decentralized state survived. That’s why this occurs to me.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoSo the collapse of industrial civilization brought by a cataclysmic disaster will not only leave electricity and telecommunications intact but also require a working laptop Huh
- epicureanideal 6y agoThink the scene at the end of Terminator 3. Also, doesn’t hurt to plan for the unexpected right Also what if just the Bay Area got wiped out?
- sesuximo 6y agoOr like... your country decides it no longer likes Apple and blocks all connections to it