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Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/349 https://xkcd.com/349

• wredcoll 8mo ago
  This comic definitely speaks to me on a deep emotional level, but at the same time one of the things I like so much about computers is they're essentially unbreakable. Not that you can't get one into a non-working state, that is, of course, trivial but with the lone exception of deleting data, you can always restore a computer, the only tool being needed is some kind of boot disk. (Compare that to breaking a literal hammer, you'd need a pretty specialized set of tools handy if you wanted to actually restore it)
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  • buildbot 8mo ago
    Ah; if only this was really true. You can certainly get a computer into a permanently bricked state, especially an embedded device. Even a modern x86 machine can be basically toasted by a bad firmware update.
• sltkr 8mo ago
  And perhaps less well known to the Hacker News crowd, relevant Malcom in the Middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4NFcamRhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4NFcamRhM
  • teddyh 8mo ago
    That’s the same video (but in a higher quality) as in the grandparent comment.
• Sophira 8mo ago
  Replying to myself because I actually found an even more relevant XKCD today: https://xkcd.com/1739 https://xkcd.com/1739