A very simple little browser game: open the microwave door as close to the timer hitting 0:00 as you can without the bell dinging. (My best: 9500.)
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I got 9,900!
I'm unreasonably proud of this 10K: https://imgur.com/Jejl3Gh
I'm a fellow 10k club member
hahaha! I feel the feelz too with 10K
10k club as well
Just hit 10K too. I can sleep now.
9766… and filled with 10k envy
Is it a good idea to open an operating microwave? I have never really owned one but the times I’ve used one, I hit STOP then wait a moment for remnant waves before opening.
I did hit 10k on my second attempt tho so if it IS safe I expect to have the most precisely cooked soup or banana or whatever 💅
I think the amount of microwave energy that could escape the oven in that split second is fairly low.
A fun article I remember from a while back where they discovered a mystery signal detected with a radio telescope was from a microwave being opened prematurely. Guardian article and scientific paper
Oh wow, interesting!
Looks like the absolutely unbeatable high score is 10000 with 0:00 on the clock. 😮 https://bsky.app/profile/steveabraham.com/post/3lcydjkjxok2j
(Does anyone else wish the scoring was measured in milliseconds from 0 instead of out of 10000?)
For most, it's apparently more challenging to clear the remaining time after opening the door so it goes back to the clock. The true fix would be for microwaves to just clear themselves after a minute or so — no one is coming back hours later being like "Thanks, microwave, for remembering those final 9 seconds."
What a great idea.
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