• bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
    1·
    6 小时前

    I am imagining op, maybe a scarred combat vet, hearing the crashing and rolling out of bed, grabbing the 45 caliber handgun from under his pillow, then sneak creeping around the house and yard in his underwear looking for the intruder.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    4·
    9 小时前

    I’ve taken to shutting off the ice machine when the container is full. That way we don’t end up with stale, half-sublimated ice cubes sitting in the bottom of the container. Also gives us the opportunity to clean the bin of needed.

  • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
    39·
    16 小时前

    Or:

    • Overnight dishwasher strikes a misaligned pan suddenly
    • Wind causes collar beam in roof to flex taught creating footstep sounds above
    • Toilet fan rattles against sudden negative pressure outside
    • Neighbour lets off firearm indoors
    • Chunk of render decides to break off and fall through the wall cavity
    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
      14·
      16 小时前

      Oh yeah, I remember seeing videos of world cup travelers being amazed by that this summer. I didn’t realize it wasn’t a normal thing!

      • Akasazh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        16 小时前

        It’s slightly offset by the increased energy costs, as the fridge is way less efficient

        • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7·
          16 小时前

          The fridge is less efficient when there is an ice maker? How? It sounds like you’re basically saying the freezer is always going to be less efficient when there’s something to freeze.

          • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
            5·
            10 小时前

            An ice maker is more complex than just manually freezing ice in a tray. You have a bunch of small motors and pumps and things that require more electricity to function, and all of that energy is on top of the energy it takes to cool the freezer (which a non ice maker refrigerator is already doing). Plus, all those things that are inside the freezer space are now generating or adding heat in the space youre using energy to cool, especially the water it’s continuously freezing to make ice whenever it isnt full.

            A report from 2020 said that automatic ice maker refrigerators use 14-20% more energy than a normal refrigerator

            • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              5·
              10 小时前

              Did the study take into account opening the door multiple times to get the ice tray in and out vs the tiny hole in the door only being open while ice is flowing?

              Also why would there be any pumps? Faucets don’t have pumps and neither does any fridge I have ever had.

              • Kevlar21@piefed.socialEnglish
                2·
                7 小时前

                Most ice machines have a water pump. I suppose you could make one that just used a water supply pressure and valves but I’ve never seen that on commercial ice machines

                • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  3·
                  7 小时前

                  We aren’t talking about commercial ice machines though, we are talking about the ones inside the freezer of domestic refrigerators. All of those that I have seen just use tap pressure for the ice machine and the door dispenser.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
      2·
      12 小时前

      Having gone to some Japanese and Korean stores, I think the same thing when I see their appliances. The rice cookers and refrigerators are super different. An example that we now all know about, the Japanese bidet.

        • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
          4·
          9 小时前

          I was being laughed at by a brit about using the microwave to boil my water. I took great offense to that and argued a bit with them. I bought a kettle because someone bought me some fancy tea and it needed the control. I’m sorry unknown brit, you were 100% right about the kettle.

          Moral of the story: Always trust a brit when they’re talking about something to do with tea.

  • bakong@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    16 小时前

    The people in the apartment above me keep moving in and out. Pisses me off, especially since they rearrange furniture in the middle of the night like they’re practicing Feng Shui or something.

  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    16 小时前

    It never fails to amaze me at just how much decision making power my unconscious self has. All manner of random household noises can happen and it will never wake me up, but the sound of a soft rainfall when I’ve left my windows open will wake me every time.