“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable again

Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by StrangeDoctor on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:29PM (#23010828)

I wouldn’t say it’s surprising, ultimately it’s just a controlled thermal cycling to repair some physical defect. It’s counterintuitive because there is a large mythos around “heat is always bad” for electronics and delicate items.

With the gpu or motherboard something has warped out of shape or a solder joint has become defective. Akin to heating up the top of a jar with a stuck lid.

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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by evan_ on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:42PM (#23010959)

It's counterintuitive but not surprising?

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Re:“Baking” damaged reel-to-reel tapes renders them playable... by StrangeDoctor on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:00PM (#23011186)

To be honest I’ve not really linked these two concepts together before so I could be missing something. Surprises are emotional responses to sudden or unexpected events. Counter intuition deals with the truth value of facts that go against what you might otherwise expect. I guess you could have a surprise reaction to learning something counterintuitive but I don’t think I have.

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