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Funny true story about this: One time a man came up to me and handed me his phone, and asked me to call his mom. He was about to pass out and he asked me not c
by frankbreetz 8y ago
Funny true story about this:
One time a man came up to me and handed me his phone, and asked me to call his mom. He was about to pass out and he asked me not call an ambulance (God bless America) , he appeared to have a concussion.
By this time there was about 10-15 people around him and he could barely talk. I asked him what his phone code was and instead of just giving it to me he said "it's the first four prime numbers".
Immediately, about five people shout "1,2,3,5". I am no longer holding the phone, because I handed to someone else to make sure it was okay.
Sure enough, I was in a mathematical proofs class and we had just discussed this topic. So, I say "one is not a prime number".
Of course, we get the phone unlocked in the second try with "2,3,5,7" and the guys mom is on the way. Everyone thought I was a genius a hero.
- rytill 8y agoThat’s great. Thank you for sharing. Seems a rather cryptic way to go about things with your health on the line.
- kzrdude 8y agoIt reveals how he thought about his code, and he didn't have the presence to "compute" what it would be in digits.
- frankbreetz 8y agoYeah, he was basically laying on the ground and barely got the phrase out.
- hackerman12345 8y agoReminds me of The Riddler...
- frankbreetz 8y agoHaha, This was the closest I've ever felt to being Batman
- myself248 8y agoThis is totally something that Monday and Frankly would've encountered on Mathnet.
- jammygit 8y agoIf I'm ever a math teacher, this story will be an exam question ending in 'what was the man's pin?'
- wutbrodo 8y agoWell he had a concussion..
- judge2020 8y agoThankfully iOS added an "emergency" screen you can set up to show your relatives and their phone numbers without unlocking the phone.
- chipperyman573 8y agoJust to be clear, I'm not ragging on you or your comment at all, because I see this all over the place and it's not something specific to you. But it's interesting that a lot of people might credit iOS for adding this feature, when my (Android 2.2/2.3) MyTouch 4g had this functionality almost 10 years ago.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhat a strange comment. GP wasn't claiming that iOS was the first to add this feature, and besides, does it really matter who added it first? They were just helpfully pointing out its existence for anyone who may not be aware. (Android user btw)
- chipperyman573 8y agoThe only reason I brought it up is because they called out iOS as "just adding it" when Android has had it for years, even though the original post said nothing about iphones.
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- emmelaich 8y agoFWIW, I didn't find it strange, just interesting.
- sfg 8y agoNicely done. https://xkcd.com/208/ https://xkcd.com/208/
- speg 8y agoYou can also dial emergency contacts without unlocking the phone. They are accessible from the medical ID page on iOS, I assume Android has similar.
- snazz 8y agoFew people have set up that feature from what I’ve seen.
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- westurner 8y ago> You can also dial emergency contacts without unlocking the phone. They are accessible from the medical ID page on iOS, I assume Android has similar. You can set a Lock Screen Message by searching for "Lock Screen Message" in the Android Settings. You can also create an "ICE (In Case of Emergency)" contact.
- gnicholas 8y agoOr just tell Siri to “call my wife/mom/son” or “redial last number” to start figuring out who the person is. I wonder if dialing 911 from their phone would give emergency services some helpful info. Do they automatically get caller ID (perhaps enhanced)?
- chipperyman573 8y agoCalling from a landline (or anything that you can't move without a lot of effort) will always give extra information such as where the phone is located (if you've ever signed up for landline service you entered this in somewhere, carriers are required to record it). Some even have specific information, like "3rd floor west stairwell at [address]", but that's only for public buildings. I'm sure you could call 911 and give them a heads up if you had a reason to believe you might call in the future, though. Office phones usually have a office number or at least a hallway (this is why calling 911 from a VoIP phone has a delay, it needs to route you through a real phone number with this information, and Cisco's solution for that is really slow). A lot of areas have the ability to query a cell phone for its location, but it depends on how much that city/county/state(?) spends on 911. It's usually based on carrier location (so it's not really that helpful anyway), and calling from their phone probably won't help much since you're both in the same location. Caller ID might help if they have a recurring problem (like if they have epilepsy or something that the medics that show up would need to know), but for a concussion it's pretty unlikely they had called 911 before so it probably wouldn't have done much. I remember reading something about iOS sending medical cards somehow when you call 911, but I don't think that's a feature yet (and it relies on iOS, so if they didn't have an iphone it wouldn't help anyway). Source: I help test emergency boxes (the things with the blue lights in parking lots), landline phones, and cell phones at my job every year. I have to confirm different info based on what I'm calling from. On cell phones, it's just the number the call is being made from. By the way, if you're wondering, 911 does not appreciate hundreds of test calls being made unannounced over the course of a day. We do it anyway :^) (we're required to)
- jammygit 8y agoAs far as mild-moderate concussions go, there is unfortunately not much to do by way of treatment besides low stimulation rest. I hope this person was okay. Concussions are truly hell when they don't clear up nicely. Side note, I was told once by an occupational therapist specializing in brain injury that most concussions are from standing up from a crouch in the kitchen and hitting your head on a corner of a cupboard (MVA/sports are very common too). I didn't believe her at the time, but I don't write it off either.
- frankbreetz 8y agoWe got ahold of his mom, and one of the bystanders was a nurse. She didn't seem too worried, so I think everything was okay. We were at a sports park and I think he hurt himself playing soccer.
- philwelch 8y agoMy wife got a concussion almost exactly that way except it was the dryer door.
- IgorPartola 8y agoThis is why I always close all cabinets and only open one at a time.
- dmoy 8y agoWe've got cabinets that open up instead of sideways, which makes it basically impossible to hit your head on. Downside, if you're short you need a stool to close it.
- bobthepanda 8y agoIf cabinet doors could slide sideways, that might be a good solution as well.
- Doxin 8y agoEasily fixed by adding a loop of rope or some such to the inside of the door as a handle. Tall cars with upwards-opening trunks tend to have this.
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- episteme 8y agoThis is the most "that happened" comment I have ever seen on HN.
- frankbreetz 8y agoI don't know what to say... There is no way I am clever enough to make something like this up. Maybe when I embellished the hero and genius part.
- drcode 8y agoLOL the way to convince people the story real is certainly not to say "OK maybe I lied about the details, but trust me that the main part is still true" (though the story still seems plausible enough I'd still give it a ~30% chance of being true)
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- frankbreetz 8y agoI thought that part was obviously a joke.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoIt does stretch credulity quite a bit, but I've definitely seen a lot worse.
- jvln 8y agowill have to change my phone code.
- billpg 8y ago"one is not a prime number" An odd royal and mathematical version of The Prisoner?