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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m wondering if it’s not some kind of assistive thing that got turned on randomly because it was up there too long.

Boeing levering the high technology of my refrigerator automatically alerting when I leave the door open.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair, if you leave an airlock door open….

It’s quite a bit worse than a fridge.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Have you seen PG&E rates lately?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know we're joking here, but if you leave an airlock open exposed to hard vacuum you're not going to hear any kind of audio alerts because there's no air to transmit the sound.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sound will also transmit through the physical structure, so you can feel the vibrations if your touching walls.

But if you really want to get pedantic... you'll probably notice the whole choking-on-vacuum-thing first.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But if you really want to get pedantic… you’ll probably notice the whole choking-on-vacuum-thing first.

We agree completely!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Although, it probably is the stupid kind of shit Boeing would do. An audible alarm for “oh shit you have no air!”