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How to Prove Anything
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How to Prove Anything

by B. McGraw
November 2025
Beginner to intermediate
302 pages
10h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
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On the Tardiness of Coworkers and How to Exploit It

Clocky McClockFace1, Mr. Pink2, and Boimans3

1 Timing Department, University of Tick, Tack, Tock, Switzerland

2 The Only Professional, Reservoir Dogs, Los Angeles, California, USA

3 Department of Nitpickery, University of Being Anal

Abstract

There is nothing more annoying than being on time to a meeting. It means having to wait for others to arrive and thus wasting a considerable samount of your own time. We propose a solution so that you can always be late while maintaining the precious moral high ground you need so you can complain about others’ tardiness.

Keywords: Shaming Coworkers, Tardiness Optimization, Obvious Math, Gaussian Processes, Meeting Attendance

1. Introduction

The tardiness ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781806118939