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		reticulated on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything with a battery should have an off switc... Our kitchen scales have a single on button and auto power-off after a minute or so. I discovered completely by accident that holding the power button down for 3-4 seconds powers it off. Nowhere in any of the manuals was this mentioned (I went back and checked)

LorenPechtel on May 10, 2022 | [–]

Many devices will turn off when you hold the power button long enough.

rightbyte on May 9, 2022 | [–]

Maybe a rouge engineer added it for the benefit of mankind?

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