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> I VPN in to my home network, ssh into the pi using Terminus on my iphone, and 'aplay' the wav file Once, when I was working away from home, someone unplugged

by m0nty 7y ago

> I VPN in to my home network, ssh into the pi using Terminus on my iphone, and 'aplay' the wav file Once, when I was working away from home, someone unplugged the phone at home so I couldn't phone in. After becoming very frustrated, I SSH'd into my home server, and from there into the Mac Mini we used as a media station. Then: - checked they were watching something using `ps`. - killed that process so I had their attention. - `say 'this is dad, I'm inside the computer.'` - `say 'I want to phone you but you have unplugged the phone.'` - `say 'plug it back in'` Worked :)

c22 7y ago
When I was younger I worked at a retail store and I remember being thrilled to discover I could telnet into a cash register and echo text directly to the attached receipt printer.[0] I became a small time hero at one point when I used this power to alert our sister store that their phones weren't accepting calls during the middle of the holiday season. [0] Also interesting is the time I discovered that sending a special escape code to the printer caused the cash drawer to open, but that's a tale for another thread.
INTPenis 7y ago
Haha this reminded me of the time I lost my phone. I suspected it was left at work so I ssh'd into my Mac at work, started recording audio, dialed up my phone and voilá. It was there and I had peace of mind until tomorrow.
- lostlogin 7y ago
  Turning on FaceTime remotely to see what’s in front of the computer has saved me a few times, and made me wish that my screen was angled differently many more.
  - INTPenis 7y ago
    Mine is always in clamshell mode with external monitor. Feels more ergonomic that way.
skykooler 7y ago
Reminds me of https://www.xkcd.com/530 https://www.xkcd.com/530 .
linsomniac 7y ago
A few weeks ago I realized on my phone I can, from anywhere, say "Ok google, broadcast" and then say a message. That message gets played back on the Google Home devices. My kids weren't replying to text messages about being ready to go to an appointment that we were pressed for time on, and I was on the way home, so I did that to tell them to get ready. A few seconds later I get a text from my wife: "How'd you do that?!?"

by m0nty 7y ago

c22 7y ago

When I was younger I worked at a retail store and I remember being thrilled to discover I could telnet into a cash register and echo text directly to the attached receipt printer.[0] I became a small time hero at one point when I used this power to alert our sister store that their phones weren't accepting calls during the middle of the holiday season. [0] Also interesting is the time I discovered that sending a special escape code to the printer caused the cash drawer to open, but that's a tale for another thread.

INTPenis 7y ago

Haha this reminded me of the time I lost my phone. I suspected it was left at work so I ssh'd into my Mac at work, started recording audio, dialed up my phone and voilá. It was there and I had peace of mind until tomorrow.

lostlogin 7y ago
Turning on FaceTime remotely to see what’s in front of the computer has saved me a few times, and made me wish that my screen was angled differently many more.
- INTPenis 7y ago
  Mine is always in clamshell mode with external monitor. Feels more ergonomic that way.

skykooler 7y ago

Reminds me of https://www.xkcd.com/530 https://www.xkcd.com/530 .

linsomniac 7y ago

A few weeks ago I realized on my phone I can, from anywhere, say "Ok google, broadcast" and then say a message. That message gets played back on the Google Home devices. My kids weren't replying to text messages about being ready to go to an appointment that we were pressed for time on, and I was on the way home, so I did that to tell them to get ready. A few seconds later I get a text from my wife: "How'd you do that?!?"