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You’re making a comparison then quoting only one side of that comparison, which is deeply confusing. I’m pretty damn sure you’re wrong about Europe on a relative basis. The percent…

Yes, that’s all correct. There’s always a meta-game. Part of the meta-game of academia is that feedback timelines are long enough that you can play the “wrong” meta-game and still …

Yes. My original post is about what people choose to cite, some small subset of which is ever cited as “foundational”. Why would you make this distinction then back track on it? Ri…

Or, you’re building a thing you can sell to others for a reasonable price, because it actually works. This won’t get you a Stanford professorship. That’s something you can cry abou…

First of all: we’re pretty far off topic now and I don’t think this particular point is at all relevant to the main thesis of this thread. That said, even if we accept the general …

Also, to state the ultra-obvious given our venue: you can find patrons outside of mega companies that require NDAs.

Sorry, you’re totally correct! It’s important to point out that US professors are sometimes able to go without public patronage, but that this is very much an anomaly. The US priva…

Only when they are disseminating in an academic venue. Most non-university research dissemination happens outside of academic venues. And even then usually only because it’s expect…

Contributing to humanity’s knowledge is MUCH easier in the private sector than in academia. In the private sector you can choose your patrons and your dissemination mechanism. Many…

My comment notes there are still deep scars. > Leave Pittsburgh once in awhile. 1. These sorts of presumptive comments are presumptive and serve no purpose in the conversation. Bel…

> What happened to learning the fundamentals and gaining the rest through work experience? Why subsidize job training with valuable shareholder capital when you can have universiti…

Okay... But given that they are also cutting Mining and Ag programs, I'm not sure what exactly they expect the future of the stat's economy to look like. Seems desolate in any case…

In theory it makes perfect sense to cut the degree programs and keep (perhaps smaller or at least lower overhead) departments as pure service depts. The problem is that, in practic…

Well the first and biggest problem is that phd students are INSANELY cheap teaching labor. Math PhD programs run at a loss in absolute terms, but almost never compared to the alter…

This sort of victim mentality is endemic to the region. WV could have taken the path of western PA. Not perfect, still some deep scars, but a flourishing new economy that can help …

The decline of coal was hastened by public policy, but was inevitable. Also, other parts of Appalachia haven’t met West Virginia’s fate because the states successfully diversified …

> Graduate schools still are something of a novelty, and higher diplomas something of a rarity. The latter, therefore, carry a vague sense of preciousness and honor, and have a par…

...and the rest of campus is some of the most valuable real estate in the world.

> You can be asked to leave which then could be turned into trespassing. The OP definitely asked for the deliveries to stop, and even had a confrontation with the delivery driver. …

It's not about rooms. One of the required courses is sailing. Only so many little training sail boats can even fit on the Charles.

Build housing and transit! Aggressively! Angrily! Eminent domain aggressively to build better transit, force the placement of stations where it make sense geographically, and fucki…

Right. The difference is that you don't NEED a whole damn team to do financial forensics on the sale if the actual owner is recorded on the fucking plat map. For normal people docs…

Good point. Again, the whole thing feels a bit silly. Not a huge fan of DC but not sure why you'd think moving the capitol would actually change anything about how politics works..…

Also, AC uses way less carbon than heat.

> Something to keep the lobbyists from getting too cozy would be nice. That doesn't make much sense to me. The firms that rent office space on K Street don't have power because of …