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Re:A Linux-powered microwave oven by ggoss on Thursday February 18, 2016 @02:57AM (#11124355)
For the record, many of the microwaves I've used have required something more like "Time cook -> 2 -> 2 -> 2 -> 3 -> 0 -> 0 -> 0 -> Start -> Facepalm" than the intended "Time cook -> 2 -> 3 -> 0 -> Start".

TL;DR: pressing buttons is easy, but sometimes they press your buttons back.

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Re:A Linux-powered microwave oven by profmonocle on Thursday February 18, 2016 @03:16AM (#11124404)
Ahh memories. Back in college I had a microwave where almost all of the buttons stopped working over time. Eventually I had to set everything for something like 4:44 or 44:44 and use the timer on my phone to know when to take it out.
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Re:A Linux-powered microwave oven by zapu on Thursday February 18, 2016 @08:03AM (#11125412)
My previous one had something like, e.g. "Cook > Power > 500W > Time > 15 sec > 15 sec > 15 sec > Start" for cooking something for 45 seconds at 500W. None of my guests knew how to use it, because pressing buttons in wrong order would do nothing (not even error "beep").
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