Future Sprog, XP @futuresprog@mastodon.nzoss.nz

It’s harder for those with families in Tonga who can’t get in touch with them.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/17-01-2022/for-those-with-families-in-tonga-its-the-not-knowing-thats-hard-to-bear

I’m about 3 years late to discover the magic nickname of #ETFPOStle Brian Tamaki.

https://twitter.com/rosalea_w/status/1117570566033035264

37km off Tonga CLS. That would make finding and lifting the cable easier. Depends if area is safe to be in. In the above case the cable ship had to let go of the cable and run away to Hokkaido for a storm to pass, then return later to pick up the bouy.

https://twitter.com/ChrisKeall/status/1482857855279857664

Coincidence that the #EFTPOStle calls himself a political prisoner on the first day that the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr day.

https://twitter.com/WritesphereNZ/status/1482843517865308164

I saw a hilarious nickname for a bishop who spends all his time trying to get as much money as he can. It’s a portmanteau of “Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale” and his self-proclaimed title:
#EFTPOStle 🙏

As sung by Edwin Starr:
“Memory, hunh, what is it good for?

Um, dunno I forgot.”

https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZEEcEMGjkWOfZNBcIB9yE

Anyone know where I put the shade sail 2 days ago?

Judging from the photo’s date this was probably hot off the back of a break ~430km off the Tokyo CLS which is off the coast of (surprise!) Fukushima. It was repaired by a boat from Tokyo and took more than 3 weeks due to permits, equipment, and being chased by a storm.

To show I’m not an Instant Expert™️ about submarine cable breaks caused by Godzilla and subsequent repair timelines, here is a similar tweet of mine from 2017.

Photo is of ASEAN Cableship (or sister ship) in Singapore.
https://twitter.com/futuresprog/status/882411442435010560

Depending on topology, and I’ve been too lazy to look it up, so trust Brewer not me, the power can sometimes be driven from one end. (Assuming nobody is standing in water at the Tongan CLS.) Then they can tell how far from the end the break is.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/127512800/tonga-subsea-communications-cable-may-be-broken-after-all-says-southern-cross

More details on communications being knocked out with Tonga. Submarine cables are pretty important. Sometimes cables get broken - common around Japan (thanks Godzilla) - but in this case a simple lack of electricity.

https://twitter.com/kiwibrew/status/1482481758956589058

Also I was driving at 105 and a Policeman undertook me.

If this tweet is read out in Court I assure you I was driving at the posted speed limit.

Drove to Tāmaki Makaurau recently. Time from crossing Bombay Hills to seeing a giant SUV dangerously tailgating someone in the fast lane: less than 2 minutes. Welcome to Auckland!