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Racer Free Free Palestine (ergosolo)
Race Number 2141
Date Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:08:35 +0000
Speed 58 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 92.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents bhuvan_rawal (3rd place) keke304 (4th place) ksuaza747 (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)