r/mildlyinfuriating • u/notworkingghost • 8h ago

Ruined by Technology When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.

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u/mehonje 8h ago

It keeps the screen on to save battery?

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u/pinkfootthegoose 8h ago

HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

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u/AnAncientBog 8h ago

You realize a clock uses like zero energy compared to what it's already using to keep the display on, right? Like you can run a clock for years on a tiny coin battery.

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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 8h ago

They’re plugged into the wall not a battery

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u/Prudent_Order_3361 8h ago

The screen would be the bigger energy waste here.

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u/LegDayDE 8h ago edited 8h ago

It doesn't have a battery

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u/EarlyAccessCantJudge 8h ago

Moreso maybe just not have the CPU running and processing when it doesn't need to. Like how PCs have sleep mode.

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u/godofmilksteaks 8h ago

I'm can say with full confidence, nothing in the world has a batteyr.

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u/JayJayMerks GREEN 8h ago

This comment does.

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u/lost_horizons 8h ago

Ha, got him