@ChrisWilson@adam@Wanyo i don't know about Oz, but pagers are very much in use in hospitals, on bases, plants, farms, and remote facilities not otherwise serviced by a proper network.
while #telegram is down (at least for some) take this as an oportunity to reflect: - do you rely on a centralized service - telegram runs on proprietary software - it can't federate and creates by that something known as 'walled gargen' - there are great alternatives you might like
China's "Heavenly Palace" crashes to earth after a bit more than 6 years in orbit: "On 21 March 2016, after a lifespan extended by two years, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced that Tiangong-1 had officially ended its service. They went on to state that the telemetry link with Tiangong-1 had been lost. A couple of months later, amateur satellite trackers watching Tiangong-1 found that China's space agency had lost control of the station." (from Wikipedia) https://gizmodo.com/heres-everything-we-know-so-far-about-tiangong-1s-crash-1824251822
Man on the street bullshit, but, the Australians shown in this clip seem to have no concern whatsoever for the South Africans being raped and murdered, and at least one of them believces the Rohinga refugees should be a higher priority. I hope this clip is not representative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Oelal-gyU
Weekend hack: Creating a retrofuture internet terminal by replacing the Motorola MDT-9100's i386SX with a BeagleBone Black and Teensy: https://trmm.net/MDT9100
@Wookhash See link. Note bottom. On the western calendar (used by Roman and Protestant churches,) it is Easter Sunday. On the Orthodox Calendar (Greek, Russian, Egyptian, Ethopian, etc.) is is Palm Sunday, and next week is Pascha (what Easter is called in Orthodox Church.)