equidamoid t1_jdiflt2 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 4:50 PM Reply to ELI5: Why does "turning it off and on again" work so well for troubleshooting? by WillShelbyOBE Well, it doesn't. Yes, it resets the state to the known good (see other comments), but it most likely doesn't fix the actual cause of the problem, but rather hides it. Permalink 1
equidamoid t1_jdiflt2 wrote
Reply to ELI5: Why does "turning it off and on again" work so well for troubleshooting? by WillShelbyOBE
Well, it doesn't. Yes, it resets the state to the known good (see other comments), but it most likely doesn't fix the actual cause of the problem, but rather hides it.