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[–] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 6 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 ####.... ........ ........ ........
[–] harcesz@szmer.info 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Turn off the beeps, it's the only way

[–] harcesz@szmer.info 1 points 2 days ago

One does not simply turn off the beeps.

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 1 points 6 days ago

I tried every combo and magic trick I could find and mine will not. Sadge.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 7 points 6 days ago

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

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 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.

[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 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 6 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 😬

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[–] randombullet@programming.dev 2 points 6 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

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I stop it on the start of the beep.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 6 days 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 6 days 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.

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 1 points 6 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 6 days 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 6 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 6 days 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 6 days 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 6 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.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 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.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm embarrassed that I've never even thought of attempting this... Do all microwaves have that option?

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

No they do not, unfuckingfortunatly

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 45 points 1 week ago
[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

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[–] Jazsta@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 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.

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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago

Microwaves stop by themselves? /j

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week 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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[–] lickmygiggle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 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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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week 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

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week 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.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] 0xebfe@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week 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!

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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

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