When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home • Hacker News Board

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by bpodgursky » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:38 PM UTC

person_of_color wrote: post #9

walrus01 wrote: post #7

this kind of reads like an astroturfed advertisement for "ring" / "nest" type doorbells and security cameras.

Wouldn’t surprise me

Yes, it would surprise me if Stanford and the Nobel committee were being paid by Nest to perform low-key brand advertising.

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by asadlionpk » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

surround wrote: post #6

Huh. Hacker News normally shows only the domain of the submission in parentheses. For Twitter it looks like it now shows (twitter.com/user).

Maybe a custom format for twitter (and even github: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com)

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by dekhn » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:39 PM UTC

eindiran wrote: post #3

Uehreka wrote: post #2

“Couldn’t you have waited until the morning?” “No! The committee is using a poorly designed auction system to disburse the awards and if we don’t both accept the award in the next 70 minutes it will go to Piketty!”

Jokes aside, why is it so important that they reach him at 2:15 AM and can't wait until the next morning?

Basically, the announcement is a secret until it happens. It happens at a specific time, in Sweden, and they attempt to contact the winners at that time with a personal call (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-nobel-call/).

My cynical side suggests it's done mostly to generate PR. See also: https://worldneurologyonline.com/article/receiving-the-call-... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/04/science/where...

Most scientists joke they wouldn't mind receiving a 2:30AM call informing them they won the prize because then at least they could go to work in the morning, have some champagne and relax because getting grants was going to get a lot easier...

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by BurningFrog » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:40 PM UTC

eindiran wrote: post #3

Uehreka wrote: post #2

“Couldn’t you have waited until the morning?” “No! The committee is using a poorly designed auction system to disburse the awards and if we don’t both accept the award in the next 70 minutes it will go to Piketty!”

Jokes aside, why is it so important that they reach him at 2:15 AM and can't wait until the next morning?

I think they want to announce it to the press in Stockholm with as little risk of leaks as possible.

If you're a potential winner, you know to be reachable that night :)

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by Upvoter33 » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:40 PM UTC

High class problem to have ...

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by _Microft » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:40 PM UTC

surround wrote: post #6

Huh. Hacker News normally shows only the domain of the submission in parentheses. For Twitter it looks like it now shows (twitter.com/user).

I think this changed a few days ago. That's at least when I noticed it for the first time.

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by eindiran » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

asadlionpk wrote: post #12

surround wrote: post #6

Huh. Hacker News normally shows only the domain of the submission in parentheses. For Twitter it looks like it now shows (twitter.com/user).

Maybe a custom format for twitter (and even github: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com )

Yeah, it seems like this is a feature that was added for a few domains this week including Medium, GitHub and Twitter.

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by echelon » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

asadlionpk wrote: post #12

surround wrote: post #6

Huh. Hacker News normally shows only the domain of the submission in parentheses. For Twitter it looks like it now shows (twitter.com/user).

Maybe a custom format for twitter (and even github: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=github.com )

dang, is this new? I've never seen this before either.

Pretty useful.

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by dheera » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:41 PM UTC

dekhn wrote: post #13

eindiran wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jokes aside, why is it so important that they reach him at 2:15 AM and can't wait until the next morning?

Basically, the announcement is a secret until it happens. It happens at a specific time, in Sweden, and they attempt to contact the winners at that time with a personal call ( https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-nobel-call/ ). My cynical side suggests it's done mostly to generate PR. See also: https://worldneurologyonline.com/article/receiving-the-call-... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/04/scien…

I put my phone in airplane mode at night. Don't a lot of people do that? What are they thinking?

Re: When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home

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Post by arcticbull » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 9:43 PM UTC

dheera wrote: post #19

dekhn wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically, the announcement is a secret until it happens. It happens at a specific time, in Sweden, and they attempt to contact the winners at that time with a personal call ( https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/the-nobel-call/ ). My cynical side suggests it's done mostly to generate PR. See also: https://worldneurologyonline.com/article/receiving-the-call-... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/04/scien…

I put my phone in airplane mode at night. Don't a lot of people do that? What are they thinking?

They're thinking its a pretty cool phone call to get haha.