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Here’s how Fluxer plans on doing it: fluxer.app/blog/roadmap-2026#why-polyproto-and-no…

Okay so let's write this down to think it though. The latest smoke detector to howl pointlessly into the night sends out 11.3V DC onto the signal pin when triggered but running off batteries. I suspect that's 12V nominal, and it probably delivers 12V when operating on AC power. Most importantly, it's not like... 500mv. Or AC. Or complicated. It's simple DC. When acting as a non-reporting _satellite_ node, it triggers when _receiving_ 4V DC on the signal pin (4.0 exactly), and that voltage is polarity sensitive. -4V doesn't trigger the alarm. (1/n) #electronics #SmokeDetectors #why

Checking for DC on the signal line, I get functionally nothing. 20ma DC at most, and even that's something I'm picking up out of noise floor shift rather than direct measurement. My _thought_ was that if the signal line was somehow floating in whole number volts (for whatever reason) than maybe somehow the right RF noise could kick it over. The problem with _that_ is that I can now _also_ confirm that non-detecting units go off _exactly as long_ as a detecting device keeps saying it's detecting by putting voltage on the signal line. If that voltage goes away, so do the satellite alarms - and immediately. And that's not what happens. We have to manually intervene and shut the alarms off ourselves. (2/n) #electronics #SmokeDetectors #why

All _that_ does is get us right back to where we started, which is, "we have alarm after alarm after alarm of different makes, methods (ionisation, photodetector), and models which just in this house are determined to go off randomly, usually but not always at night, for absolutely no detectable fucking reason, and then pass self-test just fine afterwards." And no, regular cleaning - even weekly cleaning - does not help. I do _all the things_. None of it stops the problem. (4/?) #electronics #SmokeDetectors #why

If you're new to this adventure, I have heard this exact same story from _many other people_ at this point - though nobody I've talked to has said they've literally taken metres to the signal wires to verify that way. Regardless, I know it is not just us. What I've been told from others who deal with this is to RMA individual units that trigger randomly one at a time until you end up with a set that doesn't. And I guess that's what I'm gonna do, but holy shit, team holy shit (5/6) #electronics #SmokeDetectors #why

This button is scaring me 😨 #why-are-conferences-so-damn-expensive

Tak, nadal myślę, że Toy Story 5 to po prostu boomerskie komiksy o tym, że technologia zła, książki dobre, ale ktoś pomyślał, że dobrym pomysłem jest stworzenie z tego całego filmu animowanego dla dzieci... #Toystory5 #animation #Animacja #Pixar #Disney #Why #Boomer #Boomers

The most incomprehensible thing about this incident is why Jackie didn't have a rocket launcher with her. #history #meme #conspiracies #archive #why

Nagłówki o zoomerach to po prostu odgrzewane głupie nagłówki z pokolenia Y... Bo jak mam to inaczej skomentować? #Bruh #Media #GenZ #Zoomer #Milenials #WTF #Boomer #GenX #Why

@julian Hi, reasons here

Y’all, someone sent this to me without context, and … I have *so* many questions. #cowsOfMastodon #cow #why #Whatdidthebabycowdo

Behold, a cigar box guitar that will cut you (or, realistically, me). Thanks to @fullywoolly@mastodon.social and @Oyu_Fka@mastodon.social for help in making the piezo pickup work (i.e., you only have yourselves to blame). https://social.coop/@tomstearns/116890777353567176 #maker #diy #music #why #whynot #video

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@cody@catboy.baby I am pretty sure MFM is a feature though: https://docs.akkoma.dev/stable-docs/installation/migrating_to_akkoma/#why-should-you-migrate if we are talking about things that suck, maybe you're thinking of pleroma?

this is the opposite of fire safety this is the opposite of how anything like this should ever work, I mean what if all the RMAs are getting you are a set that won't go off even when they should? but whelp guess i'm gonna find out 'cause this sure ain't workin'. (6/6 fin) #electronics #SmokeDetectors #why