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		cskau on July 10, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why don't transistors in microchips fail? Boats specifically because there's a higher turnaround time to replace failing hardware?

spiritplumber on July 13, 2015 [–]

Yeah, also corrosion and voltage spikes due to old/untuned gensets or even taking a lightning strike on the hull.

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