EDIT: Added soft- to the title, since it was pissing people off. Maybe I’m still wrong. Idk, it’s just a meme.

  • numberfour002@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I bricked my wireless mouse the other day. Accidentally pulled the USB dongle receiver out of my computer when I thought I was pulling out my micro thumbdrive, they’re about the same size and same color.

    Long story short, the mouse stopped working. Completely bricked until I realized my mistake and plugged the receiver back in.

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      3 months ago

      Then it’s not a brick, it’s just turned off.

      Bricked is permanently broken, will never work again, kaput, paper weighted, pet-rocked, like a brick. You can’t get a brick to POST.

      The whole point of the term bricked is to denote permanence.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah like if it even partially functions as intended, it is not a brick. I once attempted flashing firmware to a motherboard, only for my power to go out midway through. Kaput, $200 down the drain, I no longer had an electronic device, I had the world’s most expensive paperweight.