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> But when AWS went dark, the system locked into that toasty preset, disabling any cooling override. Browne spent the night marinating in his own perspiration,
by KolmogorovComp 1y ago
> But when AWS went dark, the system locked into that toasty preset, disabling any cooling override. Browne spent the night marinating in his own perspiration, tweeting updates like a man betrayed: "Backend outage means I'm sleeping in a sauna
He didn’t thought about… unplugging the bed?
- Groxx 1y agotheir LLM probably didn't suggest it
- sauercrowd 1y agoThis whole article feels like majorly overblown. I mean yes would be nice if the 2 mattress has an offline mode, but I'm sure everyone was fine for a day without it.
- macintux 1y agoThere's an ancient joke about liberal arts majors who, when presented with a malfunctioning microwave that's throwing sparks, desperately try to turn it off; eventually an engineering student wanders by and pulls the plug.
- Xenoamorphous 1y agoIt might not be easily reachable? Some people put the wire inside the drywall for aesthetic reasons for stuff that you rarely unplug, like a TV. A matress can fall in that category.
- throitallaway 1y agoHighly doubtful that someone would do that, but OK: turn off the breaker then.
- smileysteve 1y agoThat's terrifying when a heated mattress is resistive heating and can cause a fire.
- bluGill 1y agoPeople do that perhaps - but it isn't allowed by any code I'm aware of - at least not by default. wires in walls have strict standards that mattress manufactures would't want to meet.
- troyvit 1y agoSounds like if you make your bed you might as well lie in it then eh?
- cthalupa 1y agoPower goes to an external pod that has the water reservoir, pump, heating/cooling elements, etc. It has to be user accessible to refill water, it needs space for airflow, and has to be next to the bed because the mattress water/data/power lines run to it on a limited length umbilical. It uses a standard IEC C13/C14 power cord. There's no sane configuration where it would be anything more than trivially easy to unplug the power. But you'll get more retweets and social media engagement if you just stew yourself in your smart device hell and let everyone else know how its going.
- mikkupikku 1y agoOr sleeping on the couch. Better than a pool of your own sweat. TBQH I don't even see why heated mattresses exist when heated blankets are so effective and doubtlessly cheaper. Now, a cooling mattress is another story..
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoHeated mattresses are more effective on a cold night since heat rises through you into the blanket. But you can get pads that work with your existing mattress.
- B-Con 1y agoA cold mattress with a warm top blanket is one of the irrational joys of life. A warm blanket is more satisfying when you have something cool to contrast it with.
- dlcarrier 1y agoIn the US, garage door openers have a big red handle that you can pull to disconnect the garage door opener and open it manually. Multiple people have died, because the power went out during a fire, and they couldn't figure out how to evacuate without a working garage door for opener.
- sjw987 1y agoI'm curious as to why this would have a heating element and why that would be the default. I thought that a cool/cold bed was better for getting to sleep, since the body lowers its own temperature at night as part of it's natural circadian rhythm and because cooling helps produce melatonin. And when you are asleep, cooling gives you a deeper sleep and can reduce insomnia. So instead of a £3000 mattress that heats up (and by default does so), you just need a thin duvet (or even just the cover in summer).