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Re:Ask HN: What is the best “dumb” phone? by perlgod on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:13PM (#19425893)
I should try something like that. Honestly just having the device in eyesight triggers some kind of latent mental FOMO. Removing the option entirely has worked well for me so far.

I still keep an old iPhone for when I know I'll need an Uber or something, but the smartphone isn't a part of my daily life anymore.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best “dumb” phone? by crazynick4 on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:25PM (#19425979)
If I could go with a flip phone I gladly would, but I do need to have Slack around for when I'm on call for work. I suppose I could switch to a flip phone for when I'm off call. You're giving me ideas here.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best “dumb” phone? by leesalminen on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:36PM (#19426068)
You could also use Slack’s API + Twilio to trigger a SMS to send when a post to #app-outage happens. I’ve been playing with this myself.
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