Ask HN: toughest question you have ever answered

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"What's the math of those annoying guys who never send kisses in text messages?"

I give popular science talks, and in one we ran a "Math Improvisation" session where people were invited to ask about the math of a given topic. that was one of the questions. I spoke for 5 minutes, and got a standing ovation.

One day I'll have to write it up.