Since bits are ones and zeroes, and also mean true/false and on/off by extension, doesn't that mean all solutions to IT problems are just turning something off and on again at some level?

[serenissi@lemmy.world]

I've an oven which when turned off in hot state while in convection mode will turn on the fans for few minutes next time I turn it on, regardless of mode and temperature. To overcome this bug I need to put mains power off for couple of minutes and let the caps keeping the ram alive drain. Not only it has hot state reset but but also a ram initialization issue. Thankfully that state is not stored in nvram.

The manufacturer was as expected: 'we're not software guy, we can send an 'expert' engineer (who knows only to replace parts, no debugging) and it'll cost $$'. I thought I'll reverse it and fixing someday, till then I'll live with it.

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

If you just stopped using your computer it wouldn’t crash.

[zorque@lemmy.world]

I mean, technically speaking, it's cycling all the switches. You use one main switch to simplify the process, but it controls all the other switches as well.

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

washing machine

overflow

heh 🫧

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

[ticket closed]

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

the right thing

Hospital IT: yes I hear you are having trouble with your TV not working, let me just grabs ventilator plug

Patient: flailing

IT: relax, I know what I'm doing

[atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Thx now I have Need for Speed Underground in my mind

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

Turn the DNS off and on again, too

[atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

But computer solve problems you wouldn't have without them.

[peoplebeproblems@midwest.social]

It's why I say as a software engineer: computers were a mistake.

[nandeebisu@lemmy.world]

Sometimes the fix is to turn it off, take it out back and beat it with a stick.

[raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world]

No, that's the whole misconception here. cycling a switch means returning to the previous state. Turning it off and on again means going from ON -> OFF -> ON. Software problems are solved by going from one state to a different state.

[sidewayshighways@lemmy.world]

I got a killa up inside of me

[clanket@lemmy.world]

Watching the IT crowd for the 1st time with the wife. So, so funny.

[openstars@piefed.social]

It might be the best show in the universe. Or maybe not, but either way it's funny as hell .

[senseless@feddit.org]

Until some stray gamma ray hits just the right spot, flips a byte and either nothing at all of everything all at once happens.

[y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

[thepyropython@lemmy.world]

[sylver_dragon@lemmy.world]

This is only true for quantum computers.

[goodeye8@lemm.ee]

Maybe I'm misremembering (or it's just old knowledge and new chips are more sophisticated) but despite it being low voltage vs high voltage the outcome is still on or off because there's a resistor in the semiconductor that either allows current through or not. If it were a light switch it would be the equivalent of turning the light on or off.