This comic is inspired by XKCD and recent events and observations in my life. Disclaimer: I have no artistic ability and blatantly rip off the XKCD style and artwork, however the idea is mine and I feel it fits.

  • andrewA
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    1 month ago

    Voltages drop in the cold, and the middle of the night is usually the coldest. So that’s why this is probably not far from reality.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      Wouldn’t the lower temperature make it highly likely that the low power beep occurs only during the middle of the night, but not during the day?

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        That’s if the alarm reads the voltage directly. But if the low voltage flips a switch that stays flipped, then no.

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          1 month ago

          Ok, but the probability would still be shifted towards starting at night.

          Maybe it could be more like 80% for it to start beeping in the night and 20% it starts during other times.