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  • pkfoxP pkfox

    I've disabled emergency notifications

    In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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    Cp Coder
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    I can only disable the sound. So this was done.

    Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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    • pkfoxP pkfox

      I've disabled emergency notifications

      In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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      Thanks for the reminder, I think one phone going off per household is more than enough.

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      • C Cp Coder

        The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

        Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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        jeron1
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        Can't disable it? I can turn off all of these with the exception of 'Presidential Alerts', like I wanna see those X| .

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          Can't disable it? I can turn off all of these with the exception of 'Presidential Alerts', like I wanna see those X| .

          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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          I can only disable the sound and have done so now!

          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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            The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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            rnbergren
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            yep, we have those in the midwest as well. got a test one many years ago at 2am on a sunday. People were NOT happy. We(I) can turn off most of the notices. But still herself likes to get them. So I get to listen to hers get notices about the weather/amber/etc....

            To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Just watch the accident rates - a siren goes off in your pocket at 80 on the motorway ... :~

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              OriginalGriff wrote:

              at 80 on the motorway

              I assume you mean 80kph - you wouldn't want to be seen encouraging illegal behaviour, after all. :laugh:


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              • C Cp Coder

                The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                obermd
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                Sounds like they forgot to adjust from UTC to US East coast time.

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                • R rnbergren

                  yep, we have those in the midwest as well. got a test one many years ago at 2am on a sunday. People were NOT happy. We(I) can turn off most of the notices. But still herself likes to get them. So I get to listen to hers get notices about the weather/amber/etc....

                  To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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                  In Florida we only really need them when a hurricane is imminent.

                  Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                  • C Cp Coder

                    The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                    Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                    KarstenK
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                    could be some bad joke from somebody who is p!ssed on by Ron DeSantis. :~

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                    • C Cp Coder

                      In Florida we only really need them when a hurricane is imminent.

                      Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                      rnbergren
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                      we have tornados. Not sure which is worse. Hurricane much bigger and spawns tornados. But midwest tornados are huge and come out of nowhere.

                      To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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                      • C Cp Coder

                        The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                        Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                        David Crow
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                        I power my phone off during sleeping hours. Making oneself accessible to notifications 24/7 is nonsensical.

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                        • D David Crow

                          I power my phone off during sleeping hours. Making oneself accessible to notifications 24/7 is nonsensical.

                          "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                          "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                          "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                          Yes, but we have a daughter living with us and she works the late shift at a grocery store. She typically gets home after midnight. We need to sleep with phones on in case she has some emergency and needs us.

                          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                            The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                            GuyThiebaut
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                            Just switch off emergency alerts on your phone. Although I am considering being present in Tesco on Sunday when everyone else's phone goes off and then proceed to run around babbling "We're all going to die!" Goodness knows what is going to happen on the roads when a bunch of drivers reach for their phones to switch off the loud alarm.

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                            • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                              Typical government behavior.And there probably won't even be an apology, let alone anyone getting disciplined or fired.

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                              Greg Utas wrote:

                              let alone anyone getting disciplined or fired

                              Like all of us here got disciplined or fired for every mistake in our code (that undoubtedly made it to production)? :rolleyes: Luckily, the world doesn't work like that.

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                              • C Cp Coder

                                The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                haughtonomous
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                                Got your attention though, didn't it? In that sense it proved something useful.πŸ˜‰

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                                • D David Crow

                                  I power my phone off during sleeping hours. Making oneself accessible to notifications 24/7 is nonsensical.

                                  "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                                  "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                                  "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                                  haughtonomous
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                                  I guess that when Putin cracks and presses the button, you'll never get the warning, and never know why it all ended.πŸ˜‰

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                                  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                    Typical government behavior.And there probably won't even be an apology, let alone anyone getting disciplined or fired.

                                    Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                    The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                    PSU Steve
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                                    Actually... Official: Florida has severed its contract with company responsible for errant alert[^]

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                                    • C Cp Coder

                                      The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                      Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                      WPerkins
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                                      I like the prime time ones. If we are sitting in the den at 9pm watching TV and a gray Toyota drives through - it does not matter what the license plate is on it - I'm calling the cops. I don't need an alert for that.

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                                        The whole of Florida USA was woken up just after 4:00 AM this morning by the loud noise of an amber alert on their phones. It turns out the alert was "just a test"! A test that time of the morning!? They must either be very stupid or crazy! :mad:

                                        Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                        MikeCO10
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                                        Yeah, I've never made a mistake in system management, ;) . The company is losing their contract as a result since Ron (Mr. Perfect :laugh: :laugh: ) DeSantis has so ordained it. I'm not saying it wasn't a really dumb error, but let he who hath not sinned cast the first stone?

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                                        • P PIEBALDconsult

                                          Oh dear. It's bad enough when a weather alert for an area of the state hundreds of miles away comes through. I have nearly all alerts turned off on my phone. I can look out the window for myself. When we were in L.A. last week someone "thought she smelled smoke" and pulled the hotel fire alarm at 04:00 one morning. :mad:

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                                          englebart
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                                          Weed smoke?

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