I think what you're missing is that the premise of a hardware bug is just a frame story for a lesson in manipulating logical statements, which is the main point.
You might as well replace "hardware bug" with "a wizard put a curse on the OR operator" or "the president put a tariff on OR imports", and it would be more believable.
You might as well replace "hardware bug" with "a wizard put a curse on the OR operator" or "the president put a tariff on OR imports", and it would be more believable.