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Yeah, but I specifically said non-networked appliances. Most microwaves I know don't even let you input the date. For those that do, and that you still want to

by anyfoo 8y ago

Yeah, but I specifically said non-networked appliances. Most microwaves I know don't even let you input the date. For those that do, and that you still want to keep in 2038, you can just enter a fake, old date. I understand that there might be some smart microwaves with Wifi and whatever (setting all sentiments about that aside), but those are not what are meant.

c22 8y ago
I can set the date on my microwave. I just set it to 2040 and it seems to be working fine, so I guess if anyone's really worried about this buy a Kenmore Elite while you still can.
- deytempo 8y ago
  Trying to imagine why you would want the date to be on a microwave
  - opan 8y ago
    First thing that comes to mind is maybe more complicated than anything you can do, but something like running at a certain time 5 days a week to heat up a meal for your kids to eat after school while you're at work. You'd prep said meal and let it sit in there, heated right before it would've been eaten. Although there are a couple issues I can already think of. The microwave is not a fridge. This limits food that could sit there all day. Also, the kids could hit 'start' when they get in the door, so main appeal would be something cooking plus cooling enough to eat by the time they get home, or something with a long cooktime, which would maybe be mashed potatoes or something, and we're still just talking around 5 minutes most likely.
  - dTal 8y ago
    Maybe so it can display the correct time when daylight savings rolls around? (I'm just trying to guess. Personally I think it's an absurd feature, and on the rare occasion I've had a microwave that even displayed the time, it was always wrong anyway)
mulmen 8y ago
I don't think the Zune was really a networked device. It just literally wouldn't turn on for a day. Having a date on your microwave could be useful for things like updating the clock for daylight savings time. Or it may be that the clock overflow causes the entire firmware to crash in 2038, bricking an otherwise still functioning device.
- isostatic 8y ago
  > updating the clock for daylight savings time That feature is unlikely to work well, tzdata is updated multiple times a year.
  - berbec 8y ago
    How expensive would putting a WWV shortwave receiver into a device? [1] 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station)
    - icebraining 8y ago
      "the station's future is in doubt, because it, along with WWVB and WWVH, has been recommended for defunding and elimination in the NIST's Fiscal Year 2019 budget request."

by anyfoo 8y ago

c22 8y ago

I can set the date on my microwave. I just set it to 2040 and it seems to be working fine, so I guess if anyone's really worried about this buy a Kenmore Elite while you still can.

deytempo 8y ago
Trying to imagine why you would want the date to be on a microwave
- opan 8y ago
  First thing that comes to mind is maybe more complicated than anything you can do, but something like running at a certain time 5 days a week to heat up a meal for your kids to eat after school while you're at work. You'd prep said meal and let it sit in there, heated right before it would've been eaten. Although there are a couple issues I can already think of. The microwave is not a fridge. This limits food that could sit there all day. Also, the kids could hit 'start' when they get in the door, so main appeal would be something cooking plus cooling enough to eat by the time they get home, or something with a long cooktime, which would maybe be mashed potatoes or something, and we're still just talking around 5 minutes most likely.
- dTal 8y ago
  Maybe so it can display the correct time when daylight savings rolls around? (I'm just trying to guess. Personally I think it's an absurd feature, and on the rare occasion I've had a microwave that even displayed the time, it was always wrong anyway)

mulmen 8y ago

I don't think the Zune was really a networked device. It just literally wouldn't turn on for a day. Having a date on your microwave could be useful for things like updating the clock for daylight savings time. Or it may be that the clock overflow causes the entire firmware to crash in 2038, bricking an otherwise still functioning device.

isostatic 8y ago
> updating the clock for daylight savings time That feature is unlikely to work well, tzdata is updated multiple times a year.
- berbec 8y ago
  How expensive would putting a WWV shortwave receiver into a device? [1] 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station)
  - icebraining 8y ago
    "the station's future is in doubt, because it, along with WWVB and WWVH, has been recommended for defunding and elimination in the NIST's Fiscal Year 2019 budget request."