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Racer David (mrshapes)
Race Number 836
Date Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:58:30 +0000
Speed 50 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 87.8%
Rank 4th place (out of 5)
Opponents apurvnakade (1st place) cheryl_cao (2nd place) igor83 (3rd place)

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It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age (book) by Paul Graham (see stats)