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  3. A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

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  • olivvybee@beehive.cityO olivvybee@beehive.city

    @foone I spent far too long trying to understand why your UPS was full of bees

    foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
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    #6

    @olivvybee nah that's my gender, not my UPSes

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    • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

      A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

      foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
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      #7

      It's a good thing that there aren't multiple misophonic people in this house OH WAIT

      foone@digipres.clubF paulhey@social.vivaldi.netP maddy@thegayagenda.fansM 3 Replies Last reply
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      • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

        A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

        filene@dragon.styleF This user is from outside of this forum
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        filene@dragon.style
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        #8

        @foone yesterday, I had my microwave, my dishwasher, and my watch timer all going off, it was a minor beep event. Beepocalpyse.... 😰

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        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

          A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

          kieran@hom.phK This user is from outside of this forum
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          #9

          @foone I didn't have UPSes with alarms that could be turned off until I got a parrot.....that lesson was learned quick

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          • hp@mastodon.tmm.cxH hp@mastodon.tmm.cx

            @foone

            I mean this with a heart full of love and admiration for you as a person and a hacker.

            Please, look up what the word "fun" means.

            foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
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            #10

            @hp fun is when something hurts and makes you angry, right?

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            • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

              It's a good thing that there aren't multiple misophonic people in this house OH WAIT

              foone@digipres.clubF This user is from outside of this forum
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              #11

              I have made a terrible discovery.
              My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

              So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

              josh0@babka.socialJ mindpersephone@spookygirl.booM seabass@social.seabass.systemsS foobarsoft@mastodon.socialF kiloku@burnthis.townK 7 Replies Last reply
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              • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                I have made a terrible discovery.
                My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

                So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

                josh0@babka.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                #12

                @foone this is terrible, but—assuming the laptop is running Windows 98, or some such (I suppose you’d want WiFi, so maybe ME)—very appropriate.

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                • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                  I have made a terrible discovery.
                  My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

                  So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

                  mindpersephone@spookygirl.booM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo
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                  #13

                  @foone oh no

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                  • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                    A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

                    wenge@hachyderm.ioW This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #14

                    @foone

                    All your smart lights light up too! Fun at 3 AM!

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                    • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                      I have made a terrible discovery.
                      My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

                      So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

                      seabass@social.seabass.systemsS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #15

                      @foone Recliners should be created with a failsafe capacitor which provides enough charge to move it to an escapable configuration when it loses external power - what do you think?

                      rndanger@infosec.exchangeR cstross@wandering.shopC rotopenguin@mastodon.socialR 3 Replies Last reply
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                      • seabass@social.seabass.systemsS seabass@social.seabass.systems

                        @foone Recliners should be created with a failsafe capacitor which provides enough charge to move it to an escapable configuration when it loses external power - what do you think?

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                        #16

                        @seabass @foone
                        Manual release cable

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                        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                          A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

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                          #17

                          Hey, the existence of the Apocalypse already implied the existence of the Bpocalypse
                          @foone

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                          • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                            I have made a terrible discovery.
                            My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

                            So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

                            foobarsoft@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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                            #18

                            @foone Oh I’m sorry.

                            It amazes me how bad UPS are at this. Mine has outlets, all black, with a thin white silkscreen explaining which side is which. You have to be up close to read it.

                            Why not use colors like hospitals? Normal for normal and orange for backed up. Or yellow.

                            Or how about only backed up outlets only?

                            Bad design.

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                            • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                              A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

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                              @foone Ohhh, I read BEEpocalype first, not BEEPocalypse. That makes a bit more sense. But I don't know which one is more fun.

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                              • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                I have made a terrible discovery.
                                My laptop is plugged into the wrong side of my UPS. My laptop isn't supposed to be on my UPS, because this UPS is here so that my electric recliner can always be safely escaped during an emergency.

                                So yeah my laptop drained my chair's batteries and now I'm stuck

                                kiloku@burnthis.townK This user is from outside of this forum
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                                #20

                                @foone ... Are you ok?

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                                • seabass@social.seabass.systemsS seabass@social.seabass.systems

                                  @foone Recliners should be created with a failsafe capacitor which provides enough charge to move it to an escapable configuration when it loses external power - what do you think?

                                  cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  #21

                                  @seabass @foone I think this calls for replacing your recliner with the most famous product of Martin-Baker Ltd.

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                                  • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                    A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE

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                                    @foone I turned off the beep on all of my UPSes except one for more or less this reason (and hope I don't accidentally lose a single circuit or the wrong phase and need to be notified about it), but the dual-fed Supermicro power supplies are very unhappy about power loss too and I'm not sure I can do anything about them.

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                                    • seabass@social.seabass.systemsS seabass@social.seabass.systems

                                      @foone Recliners should be created with a failsafe capacitor which provides enough charge to move it to an escapable configuration when it loses external power - what do you think?

                                      rotopenguin@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      #23

                                      @seabass @foone you usually see their transformer bricks with a slot for a 9v battery. Haven't actually tried it, but I guess it'd be just enough to unbind the worm gear so you can manually move the recliner.

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                                      • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                        @seabass @foone I think this calls for replacing your recliner with the most famous product of Martin-Baker Ltd.

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                                        #24

                                        @cstross @seabass @foone

                                        They almost certainly don't want to exit the recliner through the ceiling though. 3:O(>

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                                        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                          @hp fun is when something hurts and makes you angry, right?

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                                          #25

                                          @foone @hp no lies detected

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