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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They had a hardware failure but close enough

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would misusing the dd command be considered a hardware failure?

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. Everything is a hardware failure because where does the software run? That's right, on hardware. So software bug = hardware failure.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yup, that's a bug in the chair-keyboard interface.