Hacker News with Generative AI: Design Flaws

How to repair the parts that explode in Lenovo Yoga laptops (2019) (adammunich.com)
Lenovo Yoga laptops, especially those from the “900”, “920”, “930”, and “940” series, have a design defect where their power circuitry can self-destruct.
Hardware Repair, Design Flaws
56 points by feross 13 days ago | 18 comments
A design flaw in the Windows 3D Pipes screen saver pointed out by a customer (microsoft.com)
A customer complained that they were losing productivity because employees were spending too much time running the 3D Pipes screen saver and waiting for teapots to appear.
Software, Security, Design Flaws, Productivity
87 points by paulmooreparks 122 days ago | 19 comments
Problems with RPi Pico 2, RPi RP2350 Deepen as Projects Hit by Erratum E9 (hackster.io)
Raspberry Pi's new RP2350 microcontroller family continues to be the focus of considerable troubleshooting this week, as developers increasingly run into the side-effects of a design flaw known as erratum RP2350-E9 — with the result that some are cancelling designs built around the new chip, at least until a new stepping is released with the fault fixed.
Hardware, Raspberry Pi, Microcontrollers, Design Flaws, Troubleshooting
26 points by transpute 229 days ago | 0 comments
Windows: Insecure by Design (theregister.com)
Windows, Security, Design Flaws
78 points by CrankyBear 301 days ago | 36 comments