Comment by myhf 2 months ago it's physically painful for me to stop talking about my topic 7 comments myhf Reply fouc 2 months ago it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :) willvarfar 2 months ago The (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an... susam 2 months ago Indeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury.https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdfhttps://susam.net/microcentury.html fouc 2 months ago Nice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-) WalterBright 2 months ago > if you talk for too long that isI've made that mistake. Talking for longer than 50 minutes is a bad idea. WalterBright 2 months ago LOL. I get writers' cramp every time I write a check. reactordev 2 months ago That’s funny because I get dementia every time I have to use my debit card. No matter how many times I think I know where it is, it isn’t there.
fouc 2 months ago it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :) willvarfar 2 months ago The (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an... susam 2 months ago Indeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury.https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdfhttps://susam.net/microcentury.html fouc 2 months ago Nice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-) WalterBright 2 months ago > if you talk for too long that isI've made that mistake. Talking for longer than 50 minutes is a bad idea.
willvarfar 2 months ago The (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an...
susam 2 months ago Indeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury.https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdfhttps://susam.net/microcentury.html fouc 2 months ago Nice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-)
fouc 2 months ago Nice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-)
WalterBright 2 months ago > if you talk for too long that isI've made that mistake. Talking for longer than 50 minutes is a bad idea.
WalterBright 2 months ago LOL. I get writers' cramp every time I write a check. reactordev 2 months ago That’s funny because I get dementia every time I have to use my debit card. No matter how many times I think I know where it is, it isn’t there.
reactordev 2 months ago That’s funny because I get dementia every time I have to use my debit card. No matter how many times I think I know where it is, it isn’t there.
it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :)
The (in)famous astronomer Tycho Brahe died from a bladder infection after politeness prevented him leaving the audience on such an occasion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Illness,_death,_an...
Indeed! It's said that no talk should be longer than a microcentury.
https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdf
https://susam.net/microcentury.html
Nice one! I would've said half a microcentury would be the perfect limit for most school lectures, but for an engaging talk a full microcentury would be acceptable :-)
> if you talk for too long that is
I've made that mistake. Talking for longer than 50 minutes is a bad idea.
LOL. I get writers' cramp every time I write a check.
That’s funny because I get dementia every time I have to use my debit card. No matter how many times I think I know where it is, it isn’t there.