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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Did it tho? I know you didn't title this but God damn. Brick doesn't mean "to stop working temporarily."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It can apply to both, it would be better described as a soft brick because it was temporary, but a complex fix

A hard brick is the permanent kind

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

It’s not your fault the video you linked uses that sensationalist title (unless you are Mr./Ms. Fireship themselves) but yeah, it’s click baity. Soft bricking is something just breaking. The term brick was meant as a harsher version of that. This title aims to grab you with a concept that is far worse than software errors when it was software errors.

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