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Racer Akibono (akibono)
Race Number 1075
Date Sat, 30 May 2015 15:56:19 +0000
Speed 71 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.9%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents madkristoff (4th place) necroeater (3rd place) tristanhilton85 (1st place)

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Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requires. Unless they also happen to be good-looking, natural athletes, or siblings of popular kids, they'll tend to become nerds. And that's why smart people's lives are worst between, say, the ages of eleven and seventeen. Life at that age revolves far more around popularity than before or after.
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (book) by Paul Graham (see stats)