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Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting by Pyxl101 on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:58PM (#15793606)
What's wrong with inviting people who wish to observe the input provided by others, and subsequent discussion?
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Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting by emodendroket on Monday November 27, 2017 @09:40PM (#15793835)
The problem is more having people who don't really want to be there and won't pay attention, or having too many people sidetracking the discussion or making it difficult to reach consensus.
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Re:Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting by jimbokun on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:09AM (#15797886)
If this is a work context, they should probably be actually working instead.
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