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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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  • 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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    @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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        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

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

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          #26

          @foone no that's "computers" that not "fun".

          Common mistake.

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          • cadbury_moose@wandering.shopC cadbury_moose@wandering.shop

            @cstross @seabass @foone

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

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            #27

            @Cadbury_Moose @cstross @foone Explosive canopy release required!

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

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

              @Cadbury_Moose @cstross @foone Explosive canopy release required!

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

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              #28

              @seabass @cstross @foone

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

              <EVIL Grin>

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              • kiloku@burnthis.townK kiloku@burnthis.town

                @foone ... Are you ok?

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                #29

                @Kiloku yeah I escaped

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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

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                  #30

                  @foone Welcome to McDonalds, how may I take your order?

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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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                    #31

                    @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!).

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                    • rndanger@infosec.exchangeR rndanger@infosec.exchange

                      @seabass @foone
                      Manual release cable

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                      @RnDanger @seabass @foone

                      "Pull for Emergency Yeeting"

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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

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                        #33

                        @foone

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

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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 BEEFPOCALYPSE was my nickname in high school

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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

                            Power: "hold on, BRB"

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

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                            • gloriouscow@oldbytes.spaceG gloriouscow@oldbytes.space

                              @foone BEEFPOCALYPSE was my nickname in high school

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                              #36

                              @gloriouscow hell yeah

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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

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                                #37

                                7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

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                                • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                  7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

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                                  #38

                                  @foone JFC that sounds like Texas when the sun is shining a little too loud...

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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

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                                    #39

                                    @foone@digipres.club Oh nooooooo! ​​

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                                    • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                      7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

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                                      #40

                                      (my sister joked "well, at least the rain will probably keep them from burning down the neighborhood")

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                                      • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                        7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

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                                        #41

                                        @foone@digipres.club What the heck, that's brutal. ;-;

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                                        • foone@digipres.clubF foone@digipres.club

                                          7 hour outage. PG&E delenda est.

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                                          @foone holy fuck, what?, where?

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