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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2736 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 16, 2023

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I hate it when my microwave beeps every minute after it's done cooking something. My old microwave had a menu/options button that allowed me to disable the beeps directly. Unfortunately, my new one lacked such a button, and the beeps drive me nuts, especially when I'm in the middle of something and can't get to the microwave in time to open the door to disable the beeps. I don't really know who made this a design standard--pretty sure life will go on if the interval between beeps is lengthened to 5 minutes rather than 1.

I googled my specific make and model, and the top result for the user manual was completely useless. I was ready to give up, but decided to click on a short 40s Youtube video claiming to have the answer, and it in fact did! You just press and hold 1 for 3s to disable button beeps, and press and hold 2 for 3s to disable the cooking-complete beeps. My sanity is restored.

Do reply and let me know if you hate them stupid beeps as much as I do, and if this trick worked on your machine! There must be dozens of us, right?!

I always called it AI, Artificial Impatience.

On the flip side, my new oven timer beeps once and then stops. Missed the beep? Too bad, hope you like fire.

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