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We bought a new microwave last year and I haven't been able to time it just right with this one yet, it's been driving me nuts. The previous one we had was fairly easy to accomplish this feat on, which gave me an inflated microwave-opening ego. However, this one commonly taunted me with a blinking "00:01" after each attempt. No longer! I have finally conquered this beast.

I enjoyed the reheated corned beef and cabbage fractionally more than I would have otherwise.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Just so you know, most microwaves have a way to disable the beep altogether. For instance, on mine, you long press the number 2.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

But then I don't get the adrenaline rush of beating the microwave.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Valid! Just passing the info along!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah I'm gonna go home and work out how to shut mine up lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

https://microwave.vercel.app/

Start, then open the door before the beep.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

While cheats are enabled, all the achievements will be disabled.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I like saving the world by pressing stop at 0:00 on the microwave.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Opening the microwave door while it is still running causes the electricity to be dumped to ground in micro switches located behind the panel. This saves you but will kill the switches prematurely.