• Winter_Oven@piefed.social
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    6 days ago

    Waiting 8 seconds after turning off a device, before turning it back on. Any electronics, really.

    Turning the TV on off? Wait 8 seconds.
    Blender not working? Unplug, 8 seconds, replug.
    Replacing batteries? 8 seconds.

    10 seconds is too long, 5 seconds isn’t enough sometimes. 8 seconds is perfect.

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      What’s frustrating is the occasional device that literally needs 30 seconds to drain its caps and you go back and forth with tech support claiming that you turned it off for a minute when it was really only eight seconds.

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      The manual for the computer I’m using right now says to wait 8 seconds before turning it back on.

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      This is not wholly without a true foundation. Capacities can store charge for some time and e.g. keep data in ram (I think this is only true of older types of memory now though?)

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      What’s frustrating is the occasional device that literally needs 30 seconds to drain its caps and you go back and forth with tech support claiming that you turned it off for a minute when it was really only eight seconds.