djcb comments on Things You Can't Countersignal - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Alicorn 19 February 2010 12:18AM

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Comment author: Bo102010 19 February 2010 01:29:23PM 3 points [-]

Being snarky to a presenter is mean, given the stress they're likely under. On the other hand, giving a bad PowerPoint presentation is mean to the whole audience...

One thing I tend to do whenever I have to present something is make all my slides black-text-on-white-background with no decorations. I intend it as something of a countersignal, especially if the norm is to use a fancy company/school/organization-wide template.

Comment author: djcb 22 February 2010 09:29:53PM 2 points [-]

I agree, the presenter deserves the benefit of the doubt. There are limits to that of course...

I make my presentations with LaTeX/Beamer, which signals something as well I guess...

Comment author: [deleted] 23 March 2013 12:43:58PM 0 points [-]

I make my presentations with LaTeX/Beamer, which signals something as well I guess...

Depends on who your audience is...