I loved testing myself more than I feared being beaten.

我愿意探索自己的极限而不是担心被击败。

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Anyways that was honestly just me testing myself.

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Tim Lee has an excellent post on charters and high-stakes testing at his blog (riffing off of another really good post from Aaron Swartz) which I found myself in turns agreeing and disagreeing with.

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