wredcoll 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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)

	▲	buildbot 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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.
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sltkr 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And perhaps less well known to the Hacker News crowd, relevant Malcom in the Middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4NFcamRhM

	▲	teddyh 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That’s the same video (but in a higher quality) as in the grandparent comment.