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Re:When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home by cxr on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:47PM (#24760361)
> I'm from a period when you just couldn't always reach someone immediately

Sure, me too, but that's exactly where I'm coming from when I ask. It's the same set of sensibilities that says that if there's going to be a call in the middle of the night, it's probably for a good reason. I would think we'd have to fast forward from there to reach the place that views regularly taking the phone off the hook as the natural solution, due to e.g. jadedness/cynicism/etc.

Re:When You Win a Nobel and They Can't Reach You at Home by ghaff on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:06PM (#24760550)
I'd definitely be open to an argument that it may be reasonable to DND my phone when I'm traveling to Europe/Asia but not otherwise especially given that I no longer have a landline. In fact, given that isn't happening anytime soon maybe I'll turn it off. (I have very few notifications on anyway.)