as in to horse around
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Tech companies are slowly but surely coaxing filmmakers into tinkering with their AI tools.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
Beginning in earnest with 2012’s Grief Pedigree, Ka has peeled away every extraneous layer from his work, tinkering like the Porsche designer until each part fits within another just so.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Taking apart or tinkering with what came naturally needs a strong mind to see it through when faced with the very best in the world.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
In the near decade since, Rossignol has tinkered with the skin ski’s camber shapes and profiles, internal construction, grind patterns, and skin shapes and placements to create the universally beloved X-ium R- Skin.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
Beginning in earnest with 2012’s Grief Pedigree, Ka has peeled away every extraneous layer from his work, tinkering like the Porsche designer until each part fits within another just so.
—Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
Taking apart or tinkering with what came naturally needs a strong mind to see it through when faced with the very best in the world.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
In the near decade since, Rossignol has tinkered with the skin ski’s camber shapes and profiles, internal construction, grind patterns, and skin shapes and placements to create the universally beloved X-ium R- Skin.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Tinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinker. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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