• BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Batteries inside of stove/microwave/coffee machine/etc. with the sole purpose of keeping the time from resetting when it loses power.

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      9 months ago

      You don’t even need that. My microwave is wifi connected but still can’t keep time. Instead of using NTP like any appliances or industrial control system in the last decade+, it syncs to your phone time though an app.

      Wtf.

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      9 months ago

      I’ve conditioned myself fully by this point to only use the clock on the stove as an indicator of whether my power has or has not gone out

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        9 months ago

        How often does your power go out? Why can’t you be bothered to set the time every ~10 years that probably happens?

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          9 months ago

          Personally, where I live now, my power has gone out in the last five years more often than the rest of my life combined. I’m in my mid 30s.

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          9 months ago

          I’ll have momentary power losses probably once or twice per quarter, depending on bad thunderstorms or nearby construction, things that happen worldwide and affect power grids indiscriminately.

          I do set my stove clock, I just ironically find it more useful to not improve it in this ridiculously simple way because it’s a good indicator of whether my home has had a power outage. Lol

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      9 months ago

      Even just a capacitor to keep the time for 10 minutes or so. That would cover 99% of the power outages in my home