• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 days ago

    god forbid we let people customize these things. we’ll jam AI into the fucking appliances before we let people have actual QOL advancements.

  • Cocopanda@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 day ago

    Yes. Even tho. You should let an item sit and continue to cook after the wave is done. I just grab it like a Neanderthal.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 days ago

    Of course! I’m not going to let a fucking oven tell me when my food is ready. Fuck you, Skynet, this is how the rebellion against the machines starts!

  • lobotomo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    2 days ago

    I have kids that I enjoy keeping asleep. There is no reason for that fucking beep to ever occur.

      • dave@hal9000@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        Is that really out of context? Maybe it’s also because I am a parent, but that was my immediate reaction to the post. Death to all things that beep loudly!!!

        • laranis@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 day ago

          No, your comment was perfectly in context. I was nominating it as a perfect addition to an all time greatest list of post that, out of context, are amazing.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      That’s what I thought but my wife needs it or she constantly forgets warm beverages in the microwave.

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    2 days ago

    No, unless I want to set it up for period shorter than what is available but that hardly ever happens.

    I usually leave and come back when it beeps.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    2 days ago

    Yes, because of the stupid turntable. 1:30, the water isn’t hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water, in the summer, is 1:47, that puts the water at the front of the oven at the right temp, but I don’t want to punch in 1:47, so I just hit the 2 to start and run the oven for 2 minutes, and then pull the door open at 1:47. Also, no beep that way.

    Commercial microwaves, like in a restaurant, have a row of numbered buttons that can be programmed for time and power setting. That’s the best way to control a microwave.

    • Zak@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      2 days ago

      That’s the best way to control a microwave.

      I remain fond of the analog knob myself.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        2 days ago

        Me too, and it comes with the added benefit of usually having a pleasant “Ding!” instead of the shrieking “BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP!” that digital microwaves have. The downside is that you completely lose the precision of a digital timer, which some people (not me) consider a must have in a microwave.

    • IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      My microwave has a feature that, after it’s done microwaving, positions the turntable the way it was when it started. So a cups handle is always accessible.

    • BorgDrone@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      1:30, the water isn’t hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water

      Wait… you microwave cups of water? Why the hell would you do that?

  • FRYD@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 days ago

    If you time it right, you can stop my microwave on 0. I also like to avoid making noise if I can. So every time I microwave anything it’s a little minigame for me.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      Our microwave [Electrolux, in case anyone wants to dig] doesn’t beep until like 5 seconds after finishing, it’s just silent. I think that’s a pretty good feature.

      • pleasestopasking@reddthat.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        2 days ago

        Never knew how much I needed this, holy shit. Mine beeps when it finishes but also beeps again if I haven’t opened the door in, idk, some amount of time. Which I get why it’s a gesture and sometimes I actually do find it useful but often I’m like “I KNOW, GIMME A MINUTE”

        • ChaosCoati@midwest.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          2 days ago

          My parents have one of these, and it drives me nuts when I visit. I understand that feature on something like an oven where it’s still cooking. But the microwave stopped. Nothing’s going to burn. So stop rushing me!

        • Victor@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          With two kids, I feel that. 😆 “LET ME WIPE THIS SHITTY TODDLER BOTTOM FIRST, ALRIGHT?!”

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 days ago

    The beep from the microwave hurts my ears. So I stop about 1 second before it beeps.