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by falcolas 1554 days ago
This time it bricked. Next time it could just as easily turn on high and not shut off until the power is removed.

EDIT for disbelievers: The software update meant for an oven successfully installed on a microwave, and bricked the microwave because it was writing instructions to the wrong addresses. Why believe the software would never accidentally write to the 'heating element relay' bit in an oven?