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That was super fascinating. I had no idea these existed. People are getting automated messages of Mozilla Mac builds being complete during the disaster. I was
by INTPenis 6y ago
That was super fascinating. I had no idea these existed.
People are getting automated messages of Mozilla Mac builds being complete during the disaster.
I was 16 when this happened so I had no idea pagers were used like this. Sort of how push messages or chatops is used today. To aide developers or ops people with notifications.
- ryanianian 6y agoAmazon used skytel pagers for oncall notifications until very recently. I had one in 2014.
- treesknees 6y agoHospitals and other facilities still use pagers for oncall duties. It's quite common. They're robust and last days without a charge.
- sevensor 6y agoWhen I carried a pager as an engineer at a factory, it lasted for months on AA batteries. It's been almost a dozen years, so I'm starting to forget whether it was one cell or two. It took me years before I stopped reaching for my hip every time the lights flickered.