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Race Result Details |
| Racer | Barry (barry_mccockinerr) |
| Race Number | 973 |
| Date | Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:14:49 |
| Speed |
73 WPM
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| Accuracy | 96.2% |
| Rank | 4th place (out of 4) |
| Opponents | clifford_types (1st place) gimape07 (3rd place) relearner (2nd 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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