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Race Result Details |
| Racer | Teresa (secretsquirrel1967) |
| Race Number | 141 |
| Date | Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:18:43 +0000 |
| Speed |
65 WPM
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| Accuracy | 98.6% |
| Rank | 1st place (out of 5) |
| Opponents | metaphase (2nd place) pizookie (3rd 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
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