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Dear neighbor... (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
 

TranscriptionA paper attached to a street post with a picture of Lisa Simpson rocking back and forth. The text reads “Attention! Hi neighbor! Did you have a smoke alarm that kept beeping once every 60 seconds that you decided to throw in your yard out of annoyance? If so- it's now annoying me! Because guess what? It's beeping right outside my bedroom window! Every time it beeps a piece of my soul dies. Please get rid of it, I absolutely beg of you. It's been a month.“

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 103 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A month? Holy hell if it beeps every 60 seconds I’d be going door to door. I’m sure other people in the neighborhood would be happy to help.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yeah hell no to a month of that nonsense. I give it one day before I'm jumping a fence and smashing it with a hammer.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You misspelled three minutes

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, you can't just smash my trash with a hammer!

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

After a week i would have stolen it and tossed it.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago
[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

1 year. Our neighbor has been doing this for a year.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Allow me to introduce the 9V battery.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Allow me to introduce the 9mm handgun.

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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would have gone in their yard to take care of it myself

[–] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nowadays in the US, where it looks like this was taken (why do I feel like I have to add that anytime I mention the US lest 50 people point out that not everything revolves around the US), that could get you shot blindly through a door as your neighbour satisfies their blood lust to finally kill someone with one of the many firearms they keep for innocent passerby they think they can get away with saying made them fear for their lives.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The person you're replying to is probably European. Any red-blooded American would just shoot the smoke detector from their side of the property line

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's possible they tried and can't find the damn thing. That chirp is just infrequent enough to make locating the source difficult.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 15 points 1 week ago

Solution: go to neighbor's yard and commit arson. Then it will hopefully chirp enough to be found.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do people not understand all you need to do is remove the battery from the alarm and disconnect it from any power cables to make it stop beeping

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It usually beeps like that because the battety is dying... Just change the battery!

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It may be beeping because it's past its 10 year working period. Some are programmed to beep continuously after 10 years to signal replacement needed.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Even if they're permanently wired in with a Li-ion backup battery. I get why they do it, but realistically they're probably good for longer?

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s the sensors accuracy that is of concern at the 10 year mark, not the battery life

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[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Most of the ones that exhibit that behavior are the types that relay on radioactive decay. decay being the key word there. They get less radioactive over time and need to be replaced.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"I'm sorry, sir, your smoke detectors aren't nearly radioactive enough to be considered safe."

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[–] domdanial@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yep! Discovered our rentals smoke alarms were like 15 years old. Got us new ones at least.

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[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The number of people on virtual meetings with smoke detectors crying out for a new battery drives me insane. 9v batteries are not expensive and smoke detectors save lives.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would this be on a post rather than at the neighbour's house? Or, god forbid, speaking to them?

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

The building to the right of the sign looks like it may be a multi-unit dwelling, so it may not be clear who the culprit is. Also, many people don't know their neighbors very well, or may have anxiety or some type of fear of social situations. In this case, they may be concerned that it may turn into a confrontation, especially if they let this go on for a month (as others have said, three minutes is my max tolerance for this). And the sign is funny and not particularly aggressive, although it may not be effective on the type of person who 1. throws their smoke detector outside instead of replacing the battery, and 2. allows it to continue beeping for a month. Maybe the OOP felt a little public shaming is in order.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Something like that happened to me. A neighbor had the alarm running out of battery so it was beeping every 3 minutes or so. From my apartment this was a very faint noise but it really drove me crazy, my SO couldn't even hear it. Lasted for at least a month, this guy was not at home. Until the firefighters showed up and forced his door and shut the alarm down.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

That thing might make it to its 5th minute if I were in this position. I sure as hell wouldn't take long enough to make a sign about it, let alone put up with it for a fucking month.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The town home next to ours was abandoned and had the smoke alarm beep every 60s or so. We tried calling the city and they were no help so we broke in and handled it ourselves.

It was a weird system where the smoke detectors were hooked into the security system which was hooked into one of those soda can sized 9v (12v?) batteries in the basement. I guess that battery was dying. Disconnected that and the beeping finally stopped.

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[–] shredslen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uhhh...this is my neighbor right now. Dont know which one but its annoying lol.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

During the pandemic I remember being in a weeklong Zoom PD in-service and one participant had their smoke detector beeping every 60 seconds the entire time. I cannot imagine living with that and not changing the battery; I would go totally insane! It was bad enough hearing it over Zoom every time they talked.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had that in my own apartment. I got used to it so much that I didn't notice it anymor

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

They came and changed the alarms to new ones a few months into the beeping. Problem solved!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I've only been in 2 people's houses where the smokr alarm was doing the battery chirp. Like... Get a new battery for it! Or, hell, take the near dead one out so it at least stops beeping. It probably doesn't habe enough juice to actually function in the event of a fire, anyway. At least it doesn't need to be annoying.

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[–] Icytrees@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is how I feel about windchimes. Take them the fuck inside and put em in front of a fan if you need to hear tinkly sounds all the goddamn time.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Icytrees@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago
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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Dang ceiling pigeons!

[–] MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't that some sort of low battery warning? If so, it might stop on its on in a few weeks, worse case scenario.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That battery will be low for a long time before it is fully dead.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Had to do this once at my old apartment. Building next door had some kind of alarm that would beep for 10 minutes straight, stop, then do it again like an hour later. Over and over. Forever. Went on for months. Right outside my bedroom window.

After realizing no one else in either building was going to do something about it I taped a very large, very rude note on the front door of the building calling them out. It was gone within a couple days.

This is what happens when you provide no way for anyone to contact your building's management.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It always happens in the middle of the night, like it's waiting. I tore one of mine off the ceiling and put it in the car, in the garage, so I couldn't hear it. I damn near smashed it, but then I had the idea of putting it in the car.

[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I've been told it's usually at night because it's coldest, and batteries work less well the colder they get. Makes sense to me, still sucks though.

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[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Right out of school I got a job working in a shitty retail store where we would prank each other. For some reason there was a smoke detector still in the box that had a dying battery and chipped every few minutes. I would hide it in other worker's aisles in the morning when we would straighten before opening. Fun times

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