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That time Google Cloud Platform bricked the Internet… (youtube.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Did it tho? I know you didn't title this but God damn. Brick doesn't mean "to stop working temporarily."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (5 children)

It can apply to both, it would be better described as a soft brick because it was temporary, but a complex fix

A hard brick is the permanent kind

[–] wabasso 21 points 5 days ago

It’s not your fault the video you linked uses that sensationalist title (unless you are Mr./Ms. Fireship themselves) but yeah, it’s click baity. Soft bricking is something just breaking. The term brick was meant as a harsher version of that. This title aims to grab you with a concept that is far worse than software errors when it was software errors.

I have spent my time wisely typing this internet comment.

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