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And the ten minutes striking up a conversation with that strange kid in homeroom sometimes matters more than every other part of high school combined.
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[Above a bar graph:]
11th-grade activities:
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Usefulness to career success
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900 hours of classes
400 hours of homework
One weekend messing with Perl
Did you ever do one of those typing speed tests? I’m curious what kind of words-per-minute speed is fast enough for coworkers to comment on it.
I type around 100-120 wpm (before errors) and often get comments. Realistically I’m a bit a slower because I have to go back and fix some errors.
Damn, you’re almost twice as fast as me, and I’m not exactly slow, either! Definitely comment-worthy.
That’s more than double the score I got from my highest score when doing a speed test on my phone, which I know is faster for me than just using a computer keyboard.
Did one just now. It isn’t the fastest that I’ve done but I’m also on a different-than-normal keyboard (an ortholinear split mechanical keyboard).
Bah!!! Beginners numbers…
I’ll have you know I barely passed typing class on one of those IBM ball electric typewriters at 31wpm.
On the IBM computers with word perfect 5.1 from the 5.25’ floppy. I was much faster… 32wpm.
Then I got ulnar nerve damage from a terrible bicycle accident in Europe aka… I fell off… and now I average 20wpm.
Damn dude, I’m not a slow typer but 91 words per minute is blistering fast. Gave it a go on my laptop keyboard with the benchmark test (2 minutes) and ended at 64WPM with only one typo.