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		WalterBright 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike I've found it amusing how some people will spend more effort pretending to work than actually doing the work. The same with students who'd go to great lengths to cheat, rather than spend a few minutes learning the material.

JumpCrisscross 12 months ago [–]

Yup. And while it's cutesy when you do it when you're young and in school, it's really quite mystifying when someone with ample career choices does it at work.

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