• ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Was an on/off service technician/engineer for the last 20 years and can confirm. Many times I’d get a fault call just to arrive, pull out my screw driver and the issue simply resolves itself. It’s as if it knows things are getting serious and it’s afraid to be taken apart.

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      1 year ago

      It definitely has an air of “the misbehaving kids realized the teacher is on the way back to the classroom.”

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      1 year ago

      I worked on air traffic control radios, about a third of the time the entry in the maintenance log was “could not duplicate problem”.

      The fun entries were “adjusted relays with screwdriver”. Now, for those who don’t know, relays generally don’t have a screw adjustment, but if you tap on the outside casing, they often unstick.