Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "bricked" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "bricked" over time.
A brick is an electronic device, specially consumer electronics that is no longer functional. It could be due to corrupted firmware, failed operating system, a hardware problem, or other damage. The term is an analogy to a construction brick and its lack of modern technological usefulness. "Brick" is also used as a verb to describe a device entering such a state. Read more on Wikipedia