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"The vessel's electrical system was knocked out, which meant that its communication equipment became obsolete." Having no power makes something obsolete? Seems
by dylan604 1y ago
"The vessel's electrical system was knocked out, which meant that its communication equipment became obsolete."
Having no power makes something obsolete? Seems like inoperative would be more appropriate. Otherwise, all of my equipment at home becomes obsolete multiple times a year during heavy thunderstorms.
- bell-cot 1y agoFrom a quick skim of the article, a less-than-fluent translation from Swedish to English seems like the best explanation for "obsolete".
- croisillon 1y agoThe word in swedish is uppsalete
- casenmgreen 1y agoI love me a bit of salete with my steak.
- kazinator 1y agoI'm guessing that Swedish probably has some general word whose semantic locus is something like "good for shit", which serves as "obsolete" in the right context, and was blindly translated that way here.