Mosh in a Lift (2012)

Mosh in a Lift (2012)(mosh.org)

56 points by gavide 71 days ago | 17 comments

andai 69 days 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 69 days ago |

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

dmd 69 days ago | |

And sometimes, the email bounces, and the sender dies. (Juan was a coworker of mine - this happened in 1998.)

https://xana.scru.org/posts/etiamdisco/nototolaryngology.htm...

Bender 69 days ago | |

FWIW they did eventually implement an emergency number [1] including a jingle to help remember it.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6qutSER9Q

GuinansEyebrows 69 days ago | | |

0118 999 881 999 119 725

i hate that my memory is turning to absolute mush but i think i will always be able to recite this from memory

benj111 69 days 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...

fignews 68 days ago |

Would love to use Mosh but https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/issues/120

I acknowledge SSH auth requests with my security key backed ed25519-sk ssh key. Something that wasn't even on the radar back when they closed this ticket. (Just like their "solution" guardian-agent is no longer on the radar.)

sarreph 69 days 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 69 days 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 69 days 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.

ButlerianJihad 69 days ago | | |

When I was homeless and living on the streets, if it was rainy or cold I would take shelter in an elevator.

This elevator was accessible from outside and nearly nobody used it, especially not at night when the shops were all closed. I did not use the Emergency Stop button.

It was not comfortable, but I could nap. I would put it on the 2nd floor, and when the housekeeping team arrived, the elevator would begin moving to the first floor and I had enough time to wake up, stand, and stroll out as the doors opened.

pizzathyme 69 days ago | |

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

Jolter 69 days 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 69 days ago | | |

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

jwilk 68 days ago |

Discussed in 2021:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28157117 (34 comments)