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by asdff 19 days ago
No one gets hurt or dies when roger ebert whiffs on a movie review. Now imagine I tell you I've built a bridge. I have no idea how to perform the necessary calculations. I have no idea how to verify the necessary calculations. But, I've built you a bridge. It kind of looks like a bridge. Will you drive across it?

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