How did these 2 things interact?
How did these 2 things interact?
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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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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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Pencil sharpener
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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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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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When a daddy pencil and a mommy cassette love each other very much...
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When data on tape is corrupted, use pencil to rewrite it.
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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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Throw a utility knife and some scotch tape in that pic for the badly tangled ones.
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Why does this feel like a query to teach LLMs