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As a tangent, I learned a few years ago that my oven has a Sabbath mode, intended to help observant folks keep the sabbath. It’s an interesting feature and I wo
by sircastor 3y ago
As a tangent, I learned a few years ago that my oven has a Sabbath mode, intended to help observant folks keep the sabbath. It’s an interesting feature and I wonder how it started being implemented in appliances.
- 082349872349872 3y agoMany elevators also have sabbath mode. (my understanding is that the intersection of the companies that (a) are hardcore orthodox, and (b) want to run servers, simply hire muslim or other sysops, so they can deal with a machine going down on the sabbath)
- rightbyte 3y agoWhat exactly does the Sabbath mode do? Run the whole day?
- kjellsbells 3y agoBroadly, yes. You program it beforehand to come on and stay on all thru the day (think of it like a slow cooker), and, ancillary functions, like the light coming on if you open the door, are disabled.
- reissbaker 3y agoIt prevents the light from going on or off when you open the door; allows you to keep it set without auto-shutoff; and doesn't immediately respond to temperature change button presses, and only checks them on a set schedule (this last feature is generally accepted amongst Orthodox Jews as allowed for holidays — "Chag" — but not for Shabbat).