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Tried converting a story from TIFU to greentext because I'm bored at work.

I saved a Gimp Template while working on it: https://files.catbox.moe/ipnjzk.xcf

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[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

My grandmother gifted me their old TV back in the 2000s because it was only showing black and white.

They had a mechanic look at it, who said it was broken

There was a button to change the saturation and get the TV back to show colours

Edit: There and their

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Ha. I had a coworker gift me a high end amp because the volume was all crackly. Opened it up sprayed electronic cleaner on the volume rheostat thingy and gave it a few back and forth turns. Perfect sound. I offered it back but he'd already purchased a new one. :/

[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

I had something similar, except it was a blown fuse.

Granted, the fuse was soldered in place and you had to take it apart to get to it. But once it was replaced it worked perfectly. No idea why the fuse blew either, unless it was just defective.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 17 hours ago

I know someone who bought a new laptop and complained that the display broke after only a couple weeks

It only showed a super dim display and the viewing angle sucked

I pressed the fancy new "privacy screen" button and it "worked flawlessly" again