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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

"How do you convert seconds to microwave time? let's say you have 60 seconds that would be 00:60 but if you have 61 seconds then it would be 01:01

What's the wizardry /g/?"

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, most microwaves will recognize base 10 seconds. I can put 0:90 on mine and it will go for 1:30.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yup, about all of them does that. Wait until this guy see a clock with Roman numerals πŸ˜‚

[–] Albbi 2 points 2 days ago

This clock goes to 11! But it does it right after 1. Weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's crazy. I have literally never encountered that. 100% of the microwaves with a digital display I've used shows 1:00 when you go past 00:59.

[–] M1nds3nd 1 points 1 day ago

I just tested mine. It counts down 99, 98, 97, etc. it even does this.1 minute 96 seconds

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Threads like that explain a lot about the state of the world.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

You can actually put 61 and it would still work. Up to 99. After that it will assume 1 minute instead of 75 seconds or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I always put my potatoes in the microwave for 6:66, or if they're somewhat larger potatoes, 7:77.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

6:66 at 60% power is my goto for reheating large-ish dishes. 5:55 at 50% for medium-sized ones. 4:44 @ 40% for smaller dishes.

For baked potatoes, cover them in butter or olive oil, rosemary, and some salt, wrap them in foil and stick in the air fryer. Remove the foil for the last 3-4 minutes. Tastes way better than the microwave.

[–] Albbi 1 points 2 days ago

I microwave my potatoes at power level 7 for 7 minutes, 10 minutes if I have a lot of them. Also pierce them and cover them with a moist paper towel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's called a Michaelwave. Just saying

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't microwave time only come in intervals of 30 seconds. I though the other buttons where simply for show.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't have one of those rotary knob microwaves? You're missing out. The spinny wheel is so fun

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I remember the ancient microwave we used to have.

No rotating plate, just a box with a knob on it.

Your food will cook for somewhere between 3 and 7 minutes. It will be unevenly heated. You will enjoy the aroma of 20 years of popcorn being blown out of the side.

Enjoy your half frozen leftovers, and kneel before the unkillable microwave.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Albbi 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why not? Hitting 6-0 is faster than pressing 1-0-0. Although I just hit the +30 seconds twice so it doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because no clock ever should show 00:60. Whatever you enter, 01:00 should be displayed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Because no clock ever should show 00:60.

Well, it's 59:60 but close enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

60 seconds can have a totally different meaning from 1 minute. First, there are leap seconds, which cause a minute to have 61 (or more rarely, 59) seconds. Second, 1 minute conveys a different amount of accuracy than 60 seconds does. Just like you don’t measure house sizes in micrometers and the width of a hair in meters.

[–] Albbi 3 points 2 days ago

There's been 27 leap seconds since 1972. That's not going to make a big difference in how my microwave heats my food.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure every microwave just splits the input in to the last to digits as a number of seconds and the digits before that as minutes. Then runs for 60 * minutes + seconds. So 0:99 is equivalent to 1:39 and 1:80 is equivalent to 2:20. I mean it is a little weird that the seconds can be >59 and extra weird that you can do 6:66 but it isn't exactly wizardry.