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Romance / Re: Ladies: Can You Stay In Your Boyfriend's House Like This? - PHOTO by harffie(m): 8:38am On May 19, 2017
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Romance / Re: See Woman Who Is Having Sex With Her Brother by harffie(m): 8:38am On May 19, 2017
Phones / Re: Top 10 Android Apps By Nigerians That Will Change Your Life by harffie(m): 8:35am On May 19, 2017
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NYSC / Re: NYSC : Amendment Bill Passes Second Reading by harffie(m): 6:38am On May 18, 2017
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Romance / Re: Covenant University Graduate Searching For A Husband Lists Specifications by harffie(m): 3:49pm On May 17, 2017
Am I the only one seeing her potbelly?? grin

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Romance / Re: Is It Right Not To Beat Your Wife, Even When U Are Seriously Angry? by harffie(m): 3:45pm On May 17, 2017
Some women ehn...mouth like razor blade, to be candid it's not good to beat ones wife.. Iono about girlfriend tho
Romance / Re: Sexy Or Trashy? Check Out This Lady Spotted At A Night Club by harffie(m): 3:42pm On May 17, 2017
My gawd

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Romance / Re: My Elder Brother Wants To Marry My Girlfriend And Wants Me To Make Her Say Yes. by harffie(m): 3:40pm On May 17, 2017
StarBukola:
Y u carry ur family mata come NL now, oga shift go one corner joor!
OP right now..

Romance / Re: Shocking Story How A Girl Invited Her Friend For A 3Some With Her Own Dad by harffie(m): 3:38pm On May 17, 2017
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Celebrities / Re: Video Of Jane Emoka Lesbian Sex Leaks, Lady Behind Miss Anambra Cucumber Sextape by harffie(m): 8:38am On May 17, 2017
sweeterman:
I don't think I'm the only one that came here to watch the sextape sad sad

Def not..

Politics / Re: Dickson: Jonathan’s Presidency Was A Waste For Ijaws by harffie(m): 8:34am On May 17, 2017
Lifestone:

oh you mean that's why he didn't do a thing for his people? You've just made the matter worse. GEJ is a confirmed weakling simple

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Family / Re: Woman Gives Birth To A Boy In BRT Bus In Lagos (Photos, Video) by harffie(m): 4:08am On May 17, 2017
dingbang:
What will be the name of the baby?

Career / Career Advice By Bill Gates by harffie(m): 4:01am On May 17, 2017
Congratulations! You’ve just accomplished something I never managed to do—earn a college degree.

Between your commencement speaker and every aunt and uncle at your graduation party, I am sure you are getting a lot of advice. At the risk of piling on, I thought I would share a few thoughts.

New college graduates often ask me for career advice. I was lucky to be in my early 20s when the digital revolution was just getting under way, and Paul Allen and I had the chance to help shape it. (Which explains my lack of a college degree—I left school because we were afraid the revolution would happen without us.) If I were starting out today and looking for the same kind of opportunity to make a big impact in the world, I would consider three fields.

One is artificial intelligence. We have only begun to tap into all the ways it will make people’s lives more productive and creative. The second is energy, because making it clean, affordable, and reliable will be essential for fighting poverty and climate change. The third is the biosciences, which are ripe with opportunities to help people live longer, healthier lives.

But some things in life are true no matter what career you choose. I wish I had understood these things better when I left school. For one thing, intelligence is not quite as important as I thought it was, and it takes many different forms. In the early days of Microsoft, I believed that if you could write great code, you could also manage people well or run a marketing team or take on any other task. I was wrong about that. I had to learn to recognize and appreciate people’s different talents. The sooner you can do this, if you don’t already, the richer your life will be.

Another thing I wish I had understood much earlier is what true inequity looks like. I did not see it up close until my late 30s, when Melinda and I took our first trip to Africa. We were shocked by what we saw. When we came back, we began learning more. It blew our minds that millions of children there were dying from diseases that no one in rich countries even worried about. We thought it was the most unjust thing in the world. We realized we couldn’t wait to get involved—we had to start giving back right away.

You know much more than I did when I was your age. Technology lets you see problems in ways my friends and I never could, and it empowers you to help in ways we never could. You can start fighting inequity sooner, whether it is in your own community or in a country halfway around the world.

Meanwhile, I encourage you to surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self. Melinda does that for me, and I am a better person for it. Like our good friend Warren Buffett, I measure my happiness by whether people close to me are happy and love me, and by the difference I make in other people’s lives.

If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be a copy of The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker. After several years of studying, you may not exactly be itching to read a 700-page book. But please put this one on your reading list to get to someday. It is the most inspiring book I have ever read.

Pinker makes a persuasive argument that the world is getting better—that we are living in the most peaceful time in human history. This can be a hard case to make, especially now. When you tell people the world is improving, they often look at you like you’re either naïve or crazy.

But it’s true. And once you understand it, you start to see the world differently. If you think things are getting better, then you want to know what’s working, so you can accelerate the progress and spread it to more people and places.

It doesn’t mean you ignore the serious problems we face. It just means you believe they can be solved, and you’re moved to act on that belief.

This is the core of my worldview. It sustains me in tough times and is the reason I still love my philanthropic work after more than 17 years. I think it can do the same for you.

Good luck to all of you. This is an amazing time to be alive. I hope you make the most of it.

This post originally appeared on Mic.

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Religion / Re: Are Muslims Going To Heaven? - Daddy Freeze Gives An Answer by harffie(m): 6:28pm On May 16, 2017
thesicilian:



Okay, I get your point. If you would agree with me that there are still many regions and communities all over the world that have never heard of Jesus Christ, then do you think a righteous person ("self righteous "wink by all standards will be allowed to go to hell?

Thou shalt not judge.
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Religion / Re: Are Muslims Going To Heaven? - Daddy Freeze Gives An Answer by harffie(m): 10:55am On May 16, 2017
thesicilian:
It makes some sense to me though, even as a Christian. If a man can truly love God and his neighbour, and bears no I'll will towards anyone in his heart, why would a loving God deny him access into heaven?
That was before Jesus Christ came down himself.... A perfect example is that of Job, he was not even an Israelite but he was noticed because of his just and upright living..(He was from the land of Uz) Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life, no man can see the father except through me. So I guess, if you wanna be saved, you need to confess Jesus as the son of God and believe he died for your sins..
Politics / Re: Federal High Court Complex Port-Harcourt, Built By Wike Ready For Commissioning by harffie(m): 5:06pm On May 15, 2017
Let the prosecution begin
Education / Re: The Rate At Which Secondary School Students Have Sex by harffie(m): 3:07pm On May 15, 2017
Sugarcious:
Your name says it all. Start from yourself.

Crime / Re: South Africans Brutalize Two Nigerian Guys (Graphic Photos) by harffie(m): 3:03pm On May 15, 2017
emi14:

Imbecility
Abeg shift go left... I'm not available for your online BS.

Phones / Re: Phone Engineers On Nairaland Willing To Assist You - Part II by harffie(m): 10:37am On May 15, 2017
My lords...
My Samsung S5mini screen isn't coming on after it fell down. Please, what is the possible problem and intending solution.
Thanks
Travel / Re: FG To Merge Arik, Aero As National Carrier by harffie(m): 10:35am On May 15, 2017
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Romance / Re: Man Prostrates To His Fiancee's Mum After Marriage Proposal (photos) by harffie(m): 10:35am On May 15, 2017
Opeedo:
I
What undecided
Boss
Romance / Re: Man Prostrates To His Fiancee's Mum After Marriage Proposal (photos) by harffie(m): 10:35am On May 15, 2017
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Romance / Re: 11 Serious Facts You Must Know Before You Marry An Igbo Girl by harffie(m): 10:33am On May 15, 2017
Nawa o....
Ten steps backwards
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Romance / Re: Which Country Is The Most Intelligent Africa Country? by harffie(m): 10:31am On May 15, 2017
Raine80:
Considering Nigeria's population in contrast to most African countries how can you compare? This is a disproportionate argument.
Very true
Romance / Re: Is She Really Into Me?? Please Advise!! by harffie(m): 10:29am On May 15, 2017
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Love is not always about what you want to get but what you want to give...
She might be telling the truth, just give her some time.
Crime / Re: South Africans Brutalize Two Nigerian Guys (Graphic Photos) by harffie(m): 10:23am On May 15, 2017
emi14:


. You think they will spare you. Sit in ur smelly face me face you and type rubbish with low battery phone. Which drugs? Drugs in south Africa are not meant for blacks. Shops are looted daily because they belong to foreigners. You can never understand the mentality of these stupid guys til you get to south Africa.
vacuous
Romance / Re: Meet The Sex Robot Harmony Who Is On Sale For £11,700 by harffie(m): 10:18am On May 15, 2017
smartty68:
No be small gobe o! If battery low as the man the horse ride on top am na wahala because e fit trap him thing inside grin

Romance / Re: Roman Goddess: Scammers Use My Boobs To Scam Unsuspecting People by harffie(m): 7:43am On May 15, 2017
money121:
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Chaiii this boobs weak me ooo tongue tongue
Don pass boobs o my brother..... Na Jugs
Politics / Re: The Weapons Army Recovered From Militants In Ondo State (Photos) by harffie(m): 6:56am On May 15, 2017
fuckingAyaya:
I my d only one seeing police colour in one of the guns or is my eyes itching me
True, but on the cartridge. Maybe a policeman sold
Crime / Re: South Africans Brutalize Two Nigerian Guys (Graphic Photos) by harffie(m): 6:24am On May 15, 2017
smartty68:

Its xenophobic attack Bro! Our government are the problem here. They've done absolutely nothing to curb this menace simply because most of them has huge investments in South Africa
Those guys are drug dealers.....I don't pity them.

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Career / Re: 16 Years Banking Experience As A Contract Staff (Age Barrier) by harffie(m): 8:14pm On May 14, 2017
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