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user-inactivated  ·  2934 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think

    I can do most of the things I want to do, but I know I have limitations.

That sentence, showing a brutal self-awareness, makes you smarter than 90% of the people out there.

    Depending on my group of recipients, I'll write emails differently.

I sent an email in response to a school asking for an astronomy program and telescope event. I was complimented on my email and the contact wanted to know where I taught English(!). Seriously, people, I type like a baboon and can barely speak 3-4 sentences in a row without um's uh's and er's.