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		the_af on May 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Simon Peyton Jones Elected into the Royal Society ... Even if I didn't find Haskell or CS interesting (which I do), I'd still find Simon a nice, funny and engaging speaker. At least judging by the talks I could find online. Researchers, and especially computer-related researchers, sometimes sound arrogant. But in all of Simon's talks I could find, he sounds like a genuinely nice guy. And funny! He sure knows how to give a great talk.

eru on May 1, 2016 [–]

He also knows how to ask exactly the right question after a talk, to give the speaker great insight into something that stumbled them.

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