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The probability of my ever receiving a Nobel Prize is pretty much ZERO. Coincidentally, that is almost the same probability of anyone being able to reach me at 2:15AM, unless they come pounding on my door (and I still might not hear it). I value my sleep and I have set all of my phones and devices to automatically go into DND mode sometime around 11PM. If it were you, would you rather have a good night of sleep and b…
The thread says: The #NobelPrize committee couldn't reach Paul Milgrom to share the news that he won, so his fellow winner and neighbor Robert Wilson knocked on his door in the middle of the night. When Robert Wilson rang Paul Milgrom's doorbell at 2:15 this morning, Milgrom's wife, who's in Stockholm, received a security-camera notification on her phone. She got to watch live as Wilson told Milgrom he'd won the #Nob…
I don't know why you're being downvoted, but I found this funny, just like the submission. There's sometimes an awful lot of po-faced folks on HN, even when the post is funny and heartwarming.
When you and your neighbor both win Nobel. I mean I'd love to have such a neighbor instead of the single mother that lost control of her 5 yo boy who screams atop of his lungs.
If you earn a lot of money, you can move into a gentrified city like Stanford. The city approves a small fraction of the new housing that is needed to keep up with demand, so prices are inflated 500%. Single mothers and young people cannot afford to live nearby and must commute 3 hours a day to their jobs. Enjoy your old rich neighbors and traffic.
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I have a friend who calls me at 3am (or something equally ridiculous). I always answer in case he is in trouble, when he's just pissed I'm grateful it isn't anything serious and chat away with him.
"Pissed" meaning inebriated and not angry.
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The iPhone has an option to let phone calls ring if called twice in a row. I've told everyone that might possibly be calling me in an emergency to do so if they really need to get through. You can alternatively create an emergency list of numbers and let them ring through on the 1st attempt. I assume Android has something similar.
You can choose to let contacts through. The potential fail is calls coming from an emergency service like the police or a hospital who don't try a second time. I choose to use Do Not Disturb anyway but reasonable people can disagree on the most appropriate thing to do. (And it may depend on individual circumstances.) The GP or so was talking about airplane mode though. I assume nothing gets through in that case. Pers…
The other sad reality is that everyone looks like a criminal in these videos. Scum web sites and news media rely on this. Nextdoor, where you at?
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You can choose to let contacts through. The potential fail is calls coming from an emergency service like the police or a hospital who don't try a second time. I choose to use Do Not Disturb anyway but reasonable people can disagree on the most appropriate thing to do. (And it may depend on individual circumstances.) The GP or so was talking about airplane mode though. I assume nothing gets through in that case. Pers…
DND with contacts excepted is good, but it has another failure mode: food delivery. They do tend to call twice, but the whole thing is more pleasant when disabling DND at time of ordering. Naturally, reenabling DND tends to happen only after the next spam call.
“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?
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> mobile operator or my bank Yeah no, these companies should NEVER be calling people, period. It's way to easy to phish people for information by calling them and claiming to be their bank. Too many people will fall for it: "Hi, this is SomeDude from Bank of America, and we noticed some suspicious activity on your account. Before we go further I would just like to confirm your identity. Could you please provide your…
Yeah no Which is it? Banks should adopt a policy of only interacting with customers physically, via their web interface with a login, official mobile app, or by the user calling the bank's official, publicized number. Never by calling the user. You either don't travel, don't travel for very long, or don't travel anywhere interesting. I've had several experiences over the years where using a credit card in a country I…
Me too. My bank sent me a message telling me to call them using the number on the back of my card. That is an easy solution to the problem.
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I disagree with GP, but, I beg of you, _please_ find a new joke.
Sure, I'm always looking. Anyway, I don't recall using this one before. Maybe it happened once sometime. I honestly don't recall seeing this joke anywhere before, so it's kind of surprising that's so thoroughly played out. After googling: apparently, it's a thing. Not really in my circles, but at least now I know.