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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by bitwize on Saturday April 11, 2020 @11:30PM (#22845861)
To render a device completely inoperable, turning your computer into an expensive brick.
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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by copperx on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:59AM (#22846345)
I remember it was originally used for smartphones, which makes sense because of their size is comparable to an actual brick.
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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by bazzargh on Sunday April 12, 2020 @06:24AM (#22847194)
It predates smartphones by at least a decade, maybe several decades. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/488450/etymology...
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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by DonHopkins on Sunday April 12, 2020 @06:13AM (#22847149)
When computers were bigger heavier and not the size of cell phones, you could say "door stopped".

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/18959/doorstop

But you can't keep a door opened with a broken cell phone, so they had to invent a new mobile-friendly term "bricked".

For a mainframe or minicomputer, you could say "monolithed" or "bouldered".

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