If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k • Hacker News Board

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by DrScump » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 3:21 AM UTC

This parallels the Twilight Zone Episode "The Silence"[0] which itself has roots in Chekhov's "The Bet"

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_(The_Twilight_Zone...

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by Vanit » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 4:52 AM UTC

Paul Miller did a similar thing (no direct internet access for a year) for The Verge a few years back.

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by notus » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 5:02 AM UTC

npo9 wrote: post #26

fouc wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you risk $100k to touch a smartphone at any point during a year?

I think that’s really close to the price point that would keep me away from a smartphone.

I'd just buy some JNCO jeans and get a netbook

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by mnm1 » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 7:51 AM UTC

This is trivial. Get a gps for the car. She has a flip phone. And she can still use laptops and desktops. She could even get a laptop with lte if she really wants. I'd do this for a tenth or even a hundredth of the price although the lie detector test seems suspect.

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by fouc » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 11:03 AM UTC

notus wrote: post #43

npo9 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that’s really close to the price point that would keep me away from a smartphone.

I'd just buy some JNCO jeans and get a netbook

HAHA, that's true, a netbook could function as an effective replacement for a smartphone.

Re: If this woman stays off her smartphone for an entire year, she'll win $100k

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Post by thraxil » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 2:39 PM UTC

My dad doesn't own a smartphone. He has a flip phone that he takes out when he goes on trips but where he lives (rural Maine) there is no cell reception so he doesn't see a point in having anything fancier (also, having watched him attempt to operate a smartphone, it's probably for the best). Does someone want to pay him $100k for that?