Both "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave math

[natenate60@lemmy.world]

The fastest way to get one minute on a microwave is to press the "add 30 seconds" button twice

[indibrony@lemmy.world]

Brb, getting Lemmy gold

[jimbo@yiffit.net]

I am so saving this for later

[urheber@discuss.tchncs.de]

my microwave has a wheel

[tranquilturbulence@lemmy.zip]

In normal everyday life, you rarely need to involve time in your calculations. In science and engineering you do, and that’s when you run into problems.

When comparing two pumps, you run into issues like this. Which one is bigger: 29 m^3/h or 410 l/min. Doing calculations like that once or twice is recreational mathematics, but in a professional setting, these conversions just get in the way of getting stuff done.

[mesa@programming.dev]

I've absolutely done it before because I'm weird. Entering 1:90 (on my Kenmore microwave) ticks down 1:89... 1:88... etc. until it hits 1:00 at which point it will continue as normal to 0:59.

1:60 behaves similarly.

[i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk]

Older (and cheaper) ones have an analogue dial. More modern ones have a digital timer.

[cowboydiplomat@startrek.website]

I didn’t realize I was so spoiled. On mine, the 1, 2, and 3 buttons add 1-3 minutes, respectively. And I don’t have to hit start either. I want a minute I press 1, done.

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

I love knobs. You just turn them and the thing turns on. And no one needs an exact time measurement on a microwave anyways.

[diddlydee@feddit.uk]

I don't own a microwave and have no idea what you are all taking about.

[olafurp@lemmy.world]

Rest of time savings can be achieved by practicing 30 minutes per day

[kn33@lemmy.world]

A trick I learned from my dad was to do a quick "9-9-start" to get about a minute and a half

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

I need exact seconds and power settings for multiple things, including heating up small amounts of dog food a small amount.

People that thing microwaves suck to heat up food are just rawdogging the +30 seconds button.

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

2 + 0 + 0 + start for me on every microwave I've ever owned.

[tonytonychopper@mander.xyz]

"9 0 start" is the same number of buttons. Also +30 seconds 3 times gets exactly 90 seconds. Your dad was trolling

[i_miss_daniel@lemmy.world]

Meanwhile, to heat up some chicken gently for my mutt it's

Power power power power power power power start one zero zero start.

(one minute at 500 watts)

I miss my Akai at home with its memory button.

[openstars@piefed.social]

My microwave won't start with just the add 30 seconds button. Others that I've used work that way, but not this one. So 9-9-start would work for me, while add 30 3 times would not.

[tired_n_bored@lemmy.world]

I have an analog microwave from 2007. It just has a mechanical timer

[kn33@lemmy.world]

"9 0 start" is the same number of buttons.

Yeah but you gotta move your finger from the 9 to the 0, which is slower

Also +30 seconds 3 times gets exactly 90 seconds

It didn't have that button then

[qualifiedkitten@lemmy.world]

I don't clear the timer because my +30 sec button will only work to start the microwave if there's time left on the timer. If there's no time left on the timer, the +30 button is useless until I punch something in.