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minus-squaremaria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 days agoso did they assume a colon was I between those? like this 1:20 instead of 120? if not, the microwave probably either has a bad display, is is badly programmed… or im missing something.
minus-squarejumjummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-24 days agoIt’s just the way microwaves are programmed. Same reason 99 cooks longer than 100. It interprets a 100, 200, etc as minutes. I think most microwaves handle anything over 100 as minute + seconds, treating it like it had a : in there.
so did they assume a colon was I between those? like this
1:20instead of120?if not, the microwave probably either has a bad display, is is badly programmed… or im missing something.
It’s just the way microwaves are programmed. Same reason 99 cooks longer than 100. It interprets a 100, 200, etc as minutes. I think most microwaves handle anything over 100 as minute + seconds, treating it like it had a : in there.