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The routing talk ended in about half an hour, even with the few questions. Dale had a whole hour until the next talk. A few of the attendees had gone up to the podium to ask the presenter some questions, even though he’d closed the talk because the audience had run out of questions. As usual. Dale felt too worry-worn to join in.
He could hang out in the empty presentation room until the next talk. It had all the charm of a prison chapel, but that was university for you. But which talk was next? Tugging the tablet from his pocket, he scrolled down to the next time slot.
Next up in Room 103: abusing sed and awk.
Not a chance. Dale routinely abused sed and awk. He’d probably slip into a coma halfway through that session, unless the Torquemada chair kept him alert.
But if he sat here f
