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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by __init on Saturday April 11, 2020 @11:20PM (#22845836)
Originally, "the device is bricked" meant that the device was about as useful as a brick, i.e. it had no useful functionality left couldn't be recovered at all. However, as the parent points out, it's been increasingly misused.
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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by copperx on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:57AM (#22846342)
I wonder what the replacement term will be. Probably "hard bricked"?
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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by K0SM0S on Sunday April 12, 2020 @03:04AM (#22846537)
Hard / soft bricked is already conventional for phones and consoles (most mainstream products, unsurprisingly).

I kinda like "cold bricked" personally.

- soft: need some sysadmin mojo, USB adb etc.

- hard: can be fixed with soldering, physical repair of sorts.

- cold: will never again work even if you're Louis Rossman (maybe as a ship of theseus). Think CPU fried.

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