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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.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 11 months 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.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months 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?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months 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.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

It is uncanny seeing this, as I experienced this EXACT situation less than a week ago.

I still refuse to replace the battery out of spite. I'd rather burn alive than be awoken in such a way again

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'm reading this at 4:39 it seems like you got woken up by the alarm, could not fall asleep again and grudgingly made this comic

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I feel this.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I was on my honeymoon, quiet little cabin in the mountains, had just run a hot bath in the jacuzzi tub for my wife and myself, poured some champagne… and a smoke alarm started the low battery chirp.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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