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		ethbr1 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly One benefit of being quiet is that people may assume you're more competent than you are. If you're loud, that collapses into a more realistic appraisal.

EdwardDiego 8 months ago | [–]

> Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

-- Most likely not Abraham Lincoln.

pantalaimon 8 months ago | [–]

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

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