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Racer louis (lounny014)
Race Number 88
Date Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:05:15 +0000
Speed 30 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 81.4%
Rank 9th place (out of 10)
Opponents chona08 (4th place) jeremydave (5th place) reyv (10th place) wotsness (6th place) yhanny13 (7th 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)