Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
arstechnica.com
Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
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People sure like to just toss the word "brick" around. These printers are still functional enough to get another firmware update to fix them. You know what can't? Bricks
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Yeah, can we go back to when "brick" had a very specific definition with respect to electronics?
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Pfft, in my time bricks had a very specific definition with respect to masonry work.
You damn kids with your fake definitions for real words, I swear it's because y'all are rotting your brains away with all these new mediums for acquiring news.
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It's really the same definition. The first time i heard it in this context was with modding/rooting smartphones (in the early days). If you fucked up a step, your device could end up in a completely unusable and unrecoverable state. At that point, its only use would be as an expensive brick
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Exactly. Bricking is about as serious as it gets when it comes to issues with devices. If you can use it at all at any point in the future (I guess without professional refurbishment), then it's not bricked.
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You're funny. It's 2025, words no longer have any meaning.
It used to make me mad. Now it just makes me sad.
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Not if you have IOT smart bricks!
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