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Oct202011
definition of a nerd
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 11:54AM "My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism."
Nassim Taleb.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 11:54AM Robert Twigger
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