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Autonomy in academia depends entirely on the field, the funding situation, and the advisor. If you choose wisely, you can build a highly autonomous career. But it is hard for the i…

This may interest you. http://lifehacker.com/this-chart-shows-how-computer-literate...

Or, someone in the first group criticizing observers who fail to distinguish among groups before making predictions.

Those with deepest insights on this topic are least likely to post.

Or they're saying "We're personally tired of the boring but profitable business of selling ads. Let's replace ourselves and focus on the cool stuff."

This is the way we deprecate those more talented than ourselves. We say, "He may be able to fly -- but how is his free throw percentage?"

Honest question: Is the headline linkbait? I read the entire interview but I didn't see where he really explained why the more your job helps others, the less you get paid.

Upvote. Please give me a way to use this to read academic papers!

I'm an academic who is 13 years into his career. I see my job as consisting of three phases: 1) find important, unsolved problems. 2) find convincing answers to these problems. 3) …

I admire this man for his willingness to stand by his convictions.

I noticed that when my real life was more exciting, I used facebook less frequently because I had less time and less need for social validation. When my real life was less exciting…

You had to kill the Gmail Compose page? I value single-tasking. There is nothing more distracting than an open email inbox. Sometimes I have a thought I need to communicate. Someti…

I don't know what specific psychedelics he referred to but I can share something. There is some research suggesting ketamine is useful for depression. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Two words: Jayson Blair.

This is silly. It's like buying a toaster and then complaining when it fails to make panini. You don't get an electric vehicle for the purpose of driving from DC to New York. I hav…

sorry... this comes across as pure advertising to me.

See: the Last Bookstore in downtown LA. It opened in 2009 and has expanded several times. It now sells 100,000 used books at $1 each in 16,000 square feet. It is already the larges…

If only tl;dr were in Latin, lawyers would understand it

I forgot to mention what is maybe the best part. Surprised the article doesn't talk about this. When you drive an EV, acceleration is instant. Like, at the same time your foot goes…

I've been driving a tesla roadster for about a year. It's my daily commuter. I plug the car into a regular 110V outlet. I typically get 30-50 miles of charge overnight, depending o…