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fouctoday at 2:26 AM2 repliesview on HN

it's physically painful for everyone else to listen to you talking about your topic.. if you talk for too long that is. :)


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willvarfartoday at 7:31 AM

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...

susamtoday at 4:22 AM

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