Letter to a Young Procrastinator: Some last-minute advice from a veteran slacker

Re:Letter to a Young Procrastinator: Some last-minute advice... by izaidi on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @09:30PM (#189185)

Yeah, I totally agree. When you keep getting off on knowing you could do something instead of actually doing it, the evidence on which you're basing that knowledge starts to get pretty shaky.

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Re:Letter to a Young Procrastinator: Some last-minute advice... by mwmanning on Thursday May 15, 2008 @06:58PM (#191139)

I don't know what you mean by "getting off on" other than the fact that it's fun to solve problems. It's not like I'm gloating about what I do. Most of the little things I work on are completely private endeavors that I never even talk to anyone about.

Knowledge is worth pursuing for its own sake; not everything is a competition.

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Re:Letter to a Young Procrastinator: Some last-minute advice... by izaidi on Friday May 16, 2008 @02:50PM (#192105)

I meant it solely in the sense of deriving pleasure from the activity, and not at all in the sense of gloating or competition.

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