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[–] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago

Mine makes a little music sound, and when I hit the "stop" button it makes a different music sound. If I hit it at just the right time, it makes a nice melody by combining both sounds. I recreated a similar sounding one to it here.

beepbox.co project with the following melody:

A ........ ####.... ........ ........
Ab........ ........ ........ ........
G ........ ........ ........ ........
F#........ ....#### ........ ........
F ........ ........ ........ ........
E ........ ........ ........ ........
Eb........ ........ ........ ........
D ....#### ........ ........ ........
Db........ ........ ........ ........
C ........ ........ ........ ........
B ........ ........ ........ ........
Bb........ ........ ........ ........
A ####.... ........ ........ ........
[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

No. But my wife does and doesn't reset the display so it'll just show 3 rather than the time.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 46 points 3 days ago
[–] harcesz@szmer.info 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It depends on how annoying a noise it will make if allowed to finish. I find it odd that the option to disable the beep on completion isn't common. There's rarely any urgency to remove what I just heated.

[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Really? First thing I do after a power outage is turn off the sound on the microwave. I'm not putting stuff in for hours, I've not forgotten about it. If I'm not taking it out of the microwave immediately it's because I'm busy. Settle down, machine.

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah. My microwave makes five beeps whenever the timer runs out, regardless if I open the door or not.

In terms of appliance beeping aggravation, I've yet to have one that tops an old slow cooker I had. When you turned it on, it just had a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that lasted for multiple seconds and made me want to throw it out the window every time I had to use it. It was like a goddamn siren alerting the whole apartment complex to the possibility of pot roast in 4-8 hours.

[–] lickmygiggle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nominating for best of out-of-context comments.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

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

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Yes, regularly AND I leave the remaining time on the microwave. It's pure chaos over here.

[–] Concave1142@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

My partner does the same thing! The amount of times I've looked at the microwave and wondered why time is standing still is too damn high!

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 9 points 3 days ago

I am triggered, please for the love of god and anyone who lives with you JUST CLEAR IT

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[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

🙂‍↔️🫸 Stopping the microwave after 29 seconds to prevent the beep

🙂‍↕️👉 Stopping the microwave after 29 seconds because its a prime number

[–] Hotrod54chevy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

No, I don't get that urge. Ours takes awhile to get things where I like it. If I make 3 cups of rice I leave it in there for 17 minutes 😬

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 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!

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah because the thing beeps as if the house is on fire. I'd rather have it stay silent. And 1-3 seconds is not really enough to have any measurable effect.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago

I used to stop my microwave a few seconds before it finished, like many others, due to the annoying unstoppable beeps. But then I got this smaller unit that happens to let out the faintest confirmation of doneness that I ever did, or rather almost didn’t, hear. I don’t mind it now.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Someone at work does this and doesn't clear the remaining time. Pisses me off. Press the stop button for the love all that is holy. Look, I know it's petty.

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[–] Jazsta@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I have my microwave on silent so I actually prefer to let it finish so I don't need to press a button to clear those few seconds to have a useful clock back

[–] alehel@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's such a thing as a beepless microwave 😮?

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Basically every microwave iv seen in the last 25 years has a way to turn off the beeps.

Read the manual for the shit you own. It's wild sometimes how hidden options can be.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I have this annoying microwave that beeps 5 times when it hits zero, even if I open the door in the middle of it. Kinda rude honestly

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I stop it on the start of the beep.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

Never had one, used one maybe 3 times in my life. I've let them run through until I heard the beep, then came over to check. Is that's not how it works?

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 1 points 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.

[–] 0xebfe@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago

People who leave those few remaining seconds just hanging there for the next person to have to deal with are called “microdanglers.”

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago

Microwaves stop by themselves? /j

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

I hate the beep in every form so far, and I avoid using microwaves every chance I get.

[–] CodeBlooded@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I time it right so that I can run towards the microwave “in slow motion” and pretend I’m stopping a bomb from going off, 1 second before it blows. My kid loves it. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

If I don't stop it before the last second, the universe will blow up.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 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.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[–] thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Me in the break room stopping the microwave before the beeps:

Here future microwave user, have these free nine seconds I'm leaving you.

Me finding the timer is not cleared when I want to use the microwave:

Ugh, now I have to press the reset button before I can enter the length of time to warm my lunch. Who was the accursed person who left time on here?

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Or press the +30 button and bask in the glory of food cooked for 39 seconds.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It beeps 5 times if I don't. Super fuckin annoying, are those beeps.

[–] randombullet@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

My LG microwave sings to me when it finishes. So I don't mind it at all. And it's only 3-5 seconds long

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i can set my microwave to not make any beeps by holding the 8 button down for a few seconds.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Quiet microwave gang. Took a while to find the instructions and can only be done when it's first plugged in on mine.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like I am the opposite. If I set it to a specific time, then I feel I have committed to letting the food cook for that entire time and will not stop it early even if I think it looks like it's done already.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can set it for an extra second so you don't feel bad about stopping it "early"

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

No, see, then I will have just committed to cooking it 1 second longer. I told the machine how long to cook it. I can't be caught lying to my microwave or oven.

I think I took the "boy who cried wolf" story a little too seriously...

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

No. I like to stop it right as it hits 0 on the first beep if people are around, but if I'm by myself I wait for it to stop beeping.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I'm just hit the god damn stop/cancel button if you want to stop it before the timer reaches zero.

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