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slackfanlast Thursday at 1:41 PM2 repliesview on HN

However did we live during the era of the White Pages phone directory.


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toast0last Thursday at 2:04 PM

Sure, but then you have the problem of figuring out which Sarah Connor in Los Angeles.

To say nothing of popular names.

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bombcarlast Thursday at 1:58 PM

Spam and scam had to work on a human scale, via locals paid something resembling a living wage, not automated machines sending millions a second or people working for pennies a day.

I want a phone that can only ring if the source of the call is within artillery range.