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hbn • yesterday at 2:58 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Okay but I try to prevent any of those things from happening, unlike the suggestion to use your phone with a high rate of failure until it dies.


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shermantanktop • today at 12:19 AM

My philosophy is based on anti-jinxing. If you say “I sure hope I don’t lose my phone,” you will surely lose your phone and soon. That’s how jinxing works.

But if you can say “I don’t care if I lose my phone,” you will not lose your phone. Because the anti-jinx knows you won’t be unduly annoyed and therefore prevents it from happening.