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by segfaultbuserr 2396 days ago
> Popular buzzword + Surprising unexpected outcome

Good analysis. In both cases, I see the popular press reports them in personified language, "Xenon Death Flash, or Why the Raspberry Pi 2 is Camera Shy", and "Why the new iPhone is Allergic to Helium". If we replace "Raspberry Pi 2" with "semiconductor p&n junctions", and replace "new iPhone" with "MEMS oscillators", it probably won't be news anymore.

> manufactured outrage/schadenfreude

An interesting case as well. I see both incidents as undesirable side-effects that better to be prevented, but I don't think they are major design flaws.
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Dylan16807 2396 days ago
Your version doesn't just remove any personification, it gets rid of the entire concept that these are exposed parts on consumer devices causing them to fail.

So sure, that version would get no notice.

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