when i realise that you can save one keypress on a microwave by typing in 90 instead of 130 for one and a half minutes
@lynnesbian where the fuck do all of you get these horribly programmed microwaves?
@trickster older microwaves had keypads where you could type in any (four digit) sequence you wanted, so typing in 3 digits would go 0X:XX but two digits would only be 00:XX. that meant you could type as high as 99 seconds before you needed to use three digits
@lynnesbian
but ... that's not ... what?
what would happen if you typed 1:99? would it count down to 1:00 and then continue with 0:59?
@lynnesbian
I'm reading those words real hard, Lynne, but they don't make any sense.
@lynnesbian ah, yes, the hotpockets will be ready in half a minute and 300 deciseconds
@trickster
okay so
00:99 is actually 01:39
so 01:99 is actually 02:39
@trickster usuaully, you'd type in "99", hit enter, and it'd display "01:39" and start counting down
@lynnesbian thank the heavens
@lynnesbian the Babylonians were wrong, 3600 is a shit number, multiples of 10 for lyfe
@trickster it would be one minute plus ninety-nine seconds