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WD-40 and some tape are the only tools you need in this life. (pawb.social)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I use “Observational Maintenance” all the time:

When you ask someone to look at a problem and it’s fixed by the time they do.

A friend showed me an issue they’d been having for over a YEAR. I did almost NOTHING and it was working by the time I looked at it.

More often than not it’s me that looks dumb, though.p