#alarmclocks — Public Fediverse posts
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Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains," *that* charming tale where your microwave orders you to rise and shine ☕, is set in the *future*—today 🤯! Who knew 2023's dystopian alarm clocks would still be torturing us with existential dread and overdone toast 😂?
https://short-stories.co/@raybradbury/there-will-come-soft-rains-6k8vr4xxlnmj #RayBradbury #Future #Dystopia #AlarmClocks #ExistentialDread #OverdoneToast #HackerNews #ngated -
"Factories tried using whistles and bells to wake and summon workers, but they often proved unreliable. Instead, an entire profession dedicated to awakening people sprouted up: knocker uppers."
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260306-the-wake-up-tricks-people-used-before-alarm-clocks
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I've been starting to play around with being a #Luddite (reducing IoT devices and digital surveillance) and just got a new alarm clock. It was very difficult to find an alarm clock that:
a) wasn't ugly
b) is plug in with battery backup
c) alarm sound options that aren't jarring (beep beep)
d) easy to hit snooze button -
Christian Influencers Are Throwing Their Hatch Clocks in the Trash (2025)
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Engadget: How to turn your old iPhone into an alarm clock . “Yes, you can absolutely use your new phone for that purpose — you probably already do. But there are clear advantages to using your decommissioned device instead. Here’s how to upcycle your old iPhone into an alarm clock.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/20/engadget-how-to-turn-your-old-iphone-into-an-alarm-clock/
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New Nintendo hardware has just been revealed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMqWTkgDt6A
...it's... an alarm clock. ⏰
This isn't some third party thing with a Nintendo badge slapped on it, it seems to be an actual Nintendo-developed product. It's possibly the secret "quality of life" Nintendo project that was rumoured in the 2010s.
cc @nintendo