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The buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvel(www.theverge.com)

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devil_d0c@lemmy.world
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God I love learning about analog tech! Very creative design!

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HackyHorse3000@lemmy.world
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You’d love Technology Connections on YouTube if you haven’t seen him already.

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Obi@sopuli.xyz
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It just feels so much more clever than the modern stuff, even if it’s much more complicated overall now.

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rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
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Funny, when I was a little kid my grandmother had a Zenith TV with that exact remote. I still remember the long throw and clank of those buttons. TV remotes were uncommon then so I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Yeah dating myself here.

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LrdThndr@lemmy.world
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My grandmother had one of these.

I somehow discovered that if I took this magnetic screwdriver, and this bent piece of coat hanger and slapped them together, her tv would turn off.

I fucked with her so much she took her tv to a repair shop because she thought it was broken.

Good times.

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Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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I think this is hacking in its purest form. You’ve discovered a new way to do something unexpected, and you went ahead with it just because you could.

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itsAsin@sh.itjust.works
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If you’ve ever heard someone refer to a TV remote as a “clicker,”

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Billy_Gnosis@lemmy.world
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I say this to my son sometimes. “Throw me the clicker.” The first time he looked at me like WTF are you talking about. Told him it’s another name for the remote, but didn’t tell him why, so he still has no idea

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Ddhuud@lemmy.world
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My grandpa had a tv store around the time, and he always told the story of him pulling someone’s leg by making them believe the tv was voice activated, with that thing in his pocket. So he covered the click sound by yelling at the tv.

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AzuleBlade@lemm.ee
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I like your grandpa.

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SirSimonSpamalot@lemmy.world
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I once told my friend that my car was self driving. Little did she know I was driving with my knee.

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