How did these 2 things interact?
How did these 2 things interact?
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Why does this feel like a query to teach LLMs
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You're supposed to wind the tape around the pencil and eat it like spaghetti.
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They don't, since the pencil is too thin (using your pinky has the same effect). Use a bic pen or a german/japanese pencil and then you can rewound the tape proper.
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You hold the pencil and twirl the cassette around on it.
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Nah. You don’t want it to rotate, you want to move your hand in a small circle.
You use the wood right before the exposed lead and maintain pressure toward the outside of the spool. The pen clip cap from a Bic or a partially unbent paper clip worked even better than a pencil.
Source: excessive Phish bootlegging in the 90s
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exactly. and even better is a german/japanese pencil as they fit the inner spool perfectly.
as demonstrated by techmoan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58EitSEFzo8
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I used to use some felt-tip pens, perfect fit.
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When a daddy pencil and a mommy cassette love each other very much...
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It goes in the round hole!
OK so for better conveyance, I will say the pencil rewound the tape, and leave this handy image:
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Thank your for my first laugh of the day.
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When data on tape is corrupted, use pencil to rewrite it.
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Pencil sharpener
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Also, fake picture, as the typical reason for this there would be mangled tape pulled out of the cassette body.
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Or when you want to dub and don't want to guess when to hit record.
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I was lucky, my dad had a top line Radio Shack system with full control and tape counter, so finding that perfect spot, doing fade outs, etc. was easy. The hard part was guessing when the radio DJ would stop talking and cut to the music.
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They didn't, at least in Europe and North America. Japanese pencils are a bit thicker and actually can wind the tape.
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You had to hold it at a bit of an angle. Sure beat using your fingertip for an inch at a time.
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Next up: a butter knife and a VHS player
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Was that what you used to wedge out a tape stuck in the player?
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Sure was!
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Sounds like illegal activities...
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Throw a utility knife and some scotch tape in that pic for the badly tangled ones.
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Does no one write words on the tape labels?!
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I print my own labels :)
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Millennial bait
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Look, the cliché is happening organically!
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