There's nothing more fulfilling than explaining a complicated computer fix to an audience of admirers at a party. Talk slowly and in a deep voice. Speak knowingly about interrupts, DIMMS, SIMSS and ...

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Shakuntala Devi demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers in just 28 seconds. She could also tell the day of the week of any given date in the last century spontaneously. Too much screen ...