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Pager Lives Again Thanks To Python And Mastodon (hackaday.com)

submitted 8 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 8 months ago (4 children)

they never quite made it into the pantheon of excellent sitcom plot devices like answering machines

Huh. I never thought about it before, but the times I can remember pagers being a significant plot points in sitcoms is when they were already on the way out. Dennis Duffy's pager business on 30 Rock for example.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

There was Big Bob's Beepers on Hey Arnold.

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