Frequent short breaks are better than less-frequent, long breaks. Set your software timer to stop you every half hour or so.

经常性的短暂休息比非经常性的长时间休息要好。所以设置你的计时软件大约每半小时提醒你一次。

youdao

The solution: Parcel the process into short steps, but use a deferred command instead of a Timer.

解决方案：把处理划分为短的步骤，但是用延期命令替代 Timer。

youdao

You cannot stop the timer (short of stopping the containing flow itself), nor can you dynamically change the time interval.

无法停止计时器(除非停止包含的流本身)，也无法动态地更改时间间隔。

youdao

The unintended consequence was that, from that point forward, I considered her a short-timer.

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Finally, to make a difference portfolio-wise trading IPOs, you typically have to be a darn good short-term market timer (tough to do) and hold a large enough allocation to make a difference (not typically a wise thing to do).

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