Mosh in a Lift (2012)

andai•about 1 hour ago

I once had internet only through the wifi of a cafe that was a little ways away. As I recall the average speed was 2.5 kB/s.

The web didn't work at all, but I was able to use mosh, so I used w3m (terminal based web browser) on my VPS and was able to have a reasonably pleasant time on the web.

opinologo•about 3 hours ago

Sending an email for an emergency! I thought it would only happen on IT Crowd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ

sarreph•about 2 hours ago

What are you supposed to do if you get stuck in a lift and you don't have your laptop (or zero cell signal for example)?

Aurornis•about 1 hour ago

In the US at least, the button actually has to connect you to monitoring staff. It can be the building staff if they have 24/7 support but it usually goes to an outside monitoring company. It also has to be in a highly accessible location which is why it’s at the bottom of the panel generally. The US is kind of a stickler for accessibility and safety in building codes, despite the country’s reputation.

This is an older post from the UK so I don’t know if the button was required to be connected and something was wrong or if they really can leave it as a simple alarm like that.

tonyarkles•about 1 hour ago

I, personally, would take the opportunity to have an undisturbed nap. The thought of having no notifications and a great excuse for why I wasn’t answering sounds lovely today.

pizzathyme•about 1 hour ago

I can't see the lift obviously but in the movies they punch out the ceiling and climb out

Jolter•2 minutes ago

In real life, there is no maintenance hatch to punch out , because the elevator manufacturer doesn’t want to be liable for people falling down an elevator shaft or being crushed.

DANmode•16 minutes ago

In real life, the elevator starts working again and kills you.

benj111•about 1 hour ago

I got stuck in a lift once. I mashed button combinations to get eventually get out. I found out after the fact you need to hold down the buttons.

User interfaces are apparently hard...

reindeer2•about 1 hour ago

The predictive echo mechanism in Mosh is still the gold standard for high-latency or intermittent connections. This elevator test case perfectly demonstrates why handling packet loss at the application layer beats standard TCP-based SSH when the physical link is failing. I wonder if modern QUIC-based terminal emulators have managed to replicate this level of responsiveness without the stateful synchronization overhead.

Mosh in a Lift (2012)

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