<![CDATA[A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/226a8a4c-96bd-4e6b-adb8-70368098d1df/a-fun-thing-about-having-every-part-of-your-life-on-a-ups-is-that-when-pg-amp-e-kills-your-power-for-funsies-all-those-upses-turn-your-house-into-the-beepocalypseRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:01:27 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 17:29:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:51:07 GMT]]>@foone holy fuck, what?, where?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/cowperthwait/statuses/116440188024624679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/cowperthwait/statuses/116440188024624679Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:51:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:22:23 GMT]]>@foone@digipres.club What the heck, that's brutal. ;-;

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thegayagenda.fans/notes/albi6oug1xpf01fthttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thegayagenda.fans/notes/albi6oug1xpf01ftTue, 21 Apr 2026 01:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:20:55 GMT]]>(my sister joked "well, at least the rain will probably keep them from burning down the neighborhood")

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440069252641070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440069252641070Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:20:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:20:24 GMT]]>@foone@digipres.club Oh nooooooo! ​​

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thegayagenda.fans/notes/albi45l81xpf01fphttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thegayagenda.fans/notes/albi45l81xpf01fpTue, 21 Apr 2026 01:20:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:19:16 GMT]]>@foone JFC that sounds like Texas when the sun is shining a little too loud...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://curly.cat/ap/users/116213285519881300/statuses/116440062801258169https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://curly.cat/ap/users/116213285519881300/statuses/116440062801258169Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:19:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:19:03 GMT]]>7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440061930443629https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440061930443629Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:19:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:17:46 GMT]]>@gloriouscow hell yeah

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440056911982959https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116440056911982959Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:58:58 GMT]]>@foone

Power: "hold on, BRB"

UPS collection: "Rave dance party!" đŸĒŠ 🎉
[lights and rhythmic beeping ensues]

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116439511095323416https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116439511095323416Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:58:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:45:38 GMT]]>@foone BEEFPOCALYPSE was my nickname in high school

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/gloriouscow/statuses/116439458670222903https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/gloriouscow/statuses/116439458670222903Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:45:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:29:54 GMT]]>@foone

Sounds like an excuse to upgrade the chair batteries until they could fire a rail-gun.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116439396828591413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116439396828591413Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:29:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:27:20 GMT]]>@RnDanger @seabass @foone

"Pull for Emergency Yeeting"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116439386725650002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Fuzz_Ra/statuses/116439386725650002Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:44:19 GMT]]>@foone I popped open the one nearest to the bedroom and replaced the piezo with an LED so now it blinks (quiet!) but I never notice it (silent!).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rasterweb/statuses/116439217587139383https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rasterweb/statuses/116439217587139383Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:44:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:12:58 GMT]]>@foone Welcome to McDonalds, how may I take your order?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/paulhey/statuses/116439094327457836https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/paulhey/statuses/116439094327457836Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:12:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:39:48 GMT]]>@Kiloku yeah I escaped

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116438963897250981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://digipres.club/users/foone/statuses/116438963897250981Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:39:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:16:43 GMT]]>@seabass @cstross @foone

Wallace and Gromit could sort something less destructive (and probably much more amusing) with no trouble at all.

<EVIL Grin>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116438637202386413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116438637202386413Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:01:32 GMT]]>@Cadbury_Moose @cstross @foone Explosive canopy release required!

"Oops, I think we need to call the roofers again"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seabass.systems/users/seabass/statuses/01KPP49WKDBBSSV9VG8NRPMXHEhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seabass.systems/users/seabass/statuses/01KPP49WKDBBSSV9VG8NRPMXHEMon, 20 Apr 2026 19:01:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:58 GMT]]>@foone no that's "computers" that not "fun".

Common mistake.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tmm.cx/users/hp/statuses/116438516243973265https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tmm.cx/users/hp/statuses/116438516243973265Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:13 GMT]]>@foone @hp no lies detected

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116438513287585926https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116438513287585926Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:09 GMT]]>@cstross @seabass @foone

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116438513067999133https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/Cadbury_Moose/statuses/116438513067999133Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:44:00 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116438508502782622https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rotopenguin/statuses/116438508502782622Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:40:54 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ostatus.lardbucket.org/users/aschmitz/statuses/116438496313772767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ostatus.lardbucket.org/users/aschmitz/statuses/116438496313772767Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:40:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:33:24 GMT]]>@seabass @foone I think this calls for replacing your recliner with the most famous product of Martin-Baker Ltd.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116438466857065882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116438466857065882Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:33:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:32:24 GMT]]>@foone ... Are you ok?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116438462938163525https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116438462938163525Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:32:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A fun thing about having every part of your life on a UPS is that when PG&amp;E kills your power for funsies, all those UPSes turn your house into THE BEEPOCALYPSE on Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:28:26 GMT]]>@foone Ohhh, I read BEEpocalype first, not BEEPocalypse. That makes a bit more sense. But I don't know which one is more fun.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/flamecat/statuses/116438447313448615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/flamecat/statuses/116438447313448615Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:28:26 GMT