▲ 31 ▼ Like father like daughter (midwest.social) submitted 10 months ago by downhomechunk@midwest.social to c/fatherverse@midwest.social 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments The following interaction just took place between me and the child (6F) Cue the periodic beeping of a smoke detector needing fresh batteries. The child: what is that? Me: a beep TC: what is the beep trying to tell us? Me: it's a reminder to beep TC: BEEP! Me: BEEP! And so on and so forth for the next several minutes.
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago (5 children) There was a battery in there - how would it beep otherwise? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Wired with battery backup is a thing; those beep when the battery is low or missing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago Yes - I believe it's effectively required by law in most places nowadays so it has multiple sources of power to increase the odds of it working when needed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) You are correct. Fixed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) The beeps are very different, so I'm afraid your fix doesn't really work either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago It may not work for you and your child because you know the difference. However, it will work as a joke for other people because they will not know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) Wired with battery backup is a thing; those beep when the battery is low or missing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago Yes - I believe it's effectively required by law in most places nowadays so it has multiple sources of power to increase the odds of it working when needed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago Yes - I believe it's effectively required by law in most places nowadays so it has multiple sources of power to increase the odds of it working when needed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) You are correct. Fixed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) The beeps are very different, so I'm afraid your fix doesn't really work either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago It may not work for you and your child because you know the difference. However, it will work as a joke for other people because they will not know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) The beeps are very different, so I'm afraid your fix doesn't really work either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago It may not work for you and your child because you know the difference. However, it will work as a joke for other people because they will not know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago It may not work for you and your child because you know the difference. However, it will work as a joke for other people because they will not know. permalink fedilink source parent