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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by huffmsa on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:19PM (#22849604)
No, downloading a bad patch for your smart TV that puts it in a bootloop or won't let you change inputs would be a soft(ware) brick.

Hardware errors are hard bricks.

This isn't a difficult delineation.

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Re:Nasty macOS flaw is bricking MacBooks: Don't install this... by j4yav on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:38AM (#22854604)
That doesn't seem to align with where you said that any non-normal state is bricked, and that the difference between soft and hard bricked is your ability to repair it.
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