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Re:Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest (2015) by WastingMyTime89 on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:50PM (#33939157)
There is no ant—intellectualism here. Academics simply are not professionals. You can’t suddenly become good at something you don’t practice because you are a master at theory and being an academic doesn’t allow the time to practice.
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Re:Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest (2015) by wkearney99 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:29PM (#33978369)
This. It's one thing to know the theory of digging trenches, it's another to successfully fight from them.
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