J.R.

149 reputation

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so." (Sherlock Holmes)

I enjoy embedding puns and subtle self-references into many of my answers and comments.

Context is everything.

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Jun 16	awarded	Editor
Jun 16	comment	How long does it take to read X number of characters? @vizzero: Thanks for the reference, and the welcome.
Jun 16	revised	How long does it take to read X number of characters? added reference
Jun 16	comment	How long does it take to read X number of characters? @Josh: The first downvote came before the migrate. (EL&U had been going through a lot of unusual downvoting that day, hence the ensuing conversation above). Also, after this question got migrated, I wondered aloud if my answer would be too unscientific for this site, explaining that I had answered from an English perspective. One user indicated that, despite it's lightweight nature, my answer might be okay, although it wouldn't hurt to back it up with a bit more research.
Jun 16	comment	How long does it take to read X number of characters? Your fifth point (that people read at different speeds) might prompt the system designers to have a setup option whereby individual users can tailor how long they would prefer the messages to appear.
Jun 16	awarded	Teacher
Jun 16	comment	How long does it take to read X number of characters? @Artem: My answer to the question got migrated from EL&U, so I answered from a language perspective. I hope people reading my answer will keep that in mind, should it appear too unscientific for this community. Nice to meet you, though.
Jun 15	answered	How long does it take to read X number of characters?