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What You'll Wish You'd Known

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-boldly-go dept.

sheck writes "Eminent computer scientist, author, painter, and dot-com millionaire, Paul Graham has written down the things he wishes somebody had told him when he was in high school in What You'll Wish You'd Known, suggesting, among other things, that students treat school like a day job, working on interesting projects to avoid what he has found to be the most common regret among adults of their high school days: wasting time."

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  1. Okay... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 5, Funny


    I think that when the *very first word* in your story is misspelled, you should probably hand in your "Lil' Editors' Fun Club" membership card.

  2. When I was young... by stephend · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arthur: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.

    Ford: Why, what did she tell you?

    Arthur: I don't know, I didn't listen.