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Expert too. Very skillful.Quick fix
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My father was a TV repairman (back when there were such things).
His favorite TV repairman joke (which I have doubtless posted here before someplace).
Guy calls a TV repairman to come fix the TV (house calls!)
TV repairman shows up, turns on the TV, evaluates the problem, kicks the side of the TV and the set begins working properly, and perfectly.
TV repairman gets out his pad, writes up a bill for $50 and hands it to the customer.
"Fifty dollars?!?" yells the customer incredulously. "All you did was kick it."
TV repairman nods sagely. "Yes. But I had to know where to kick it."
Yes, troubleshooting/repair is both art and science.
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My parents had a "made in USSR" TV (Rubin), back in the 70s/80s. When it was acting up, a well measured slap on the right spot really helped.
It was less stubborn than myself
Of course I had to try, and it still works.
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The smallest charger I have, and an arguably humongous S23 Ultra (displaying your post lol). Works!
Fun fact: phones got bigger, but synthesizers much smaller. What are you doing, Roland?
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Seriously?
These "Boutique" series thingies are the source of ridicule of course. It is said they're made for ants and for properly operating, you need pliers.
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There's even one with 10mm faders. For synth parameters!
I have several of those. The size makes it possible to have them all on the same long table. I have a full sized keyboard controller that controls them with MIDI.
The Yamaha DX7 mini is great and has a semi-usable keyboard. My favorite is the Roland Juno 106 mini.
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These old TVs had many points of potentially bad contact, solder joints, valves in rather loose ceramic sockets, el cheapo potentiometers...Yep, back when we had an analog TV at my parents, a good slap could solve some intermittent problem.
Later, when I started my interest in electronics, it was a dry solder joint. Still, the right tap worked
But they were keeping their users in motion - no remote
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Well, I pasted it as found, can't know all the jokes out there
Generally if it looks like Al, it’s been nicked..,
(Sorry, not meaning to have a go at you either. Hope it didn’t come across that way)
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Maybe it would be a good idea to demand obligatory source disclosure from AI.
OTOH it might "hallucinate" that source, etc. Or mimick the original style.
So we are f-ed one way or the other, I'm afraid...
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As a Vietnam vet, I can assure you with absolute certainty that no one hates war and appreciates peace more than soldiers. To suggest otherwise is vile.
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Thank you for your service, Taylor.
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