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I did my phd in experimental physics and I have to say my realisation of this large point, that papers are little more than resume padding to lock in an achievement was a significa…

I'M in the UK and I absolutely do not trust the civil service at all .

Politeness > accuracy & honestly is a very common preference, but not mine.

what you want is the internet with only a couple hundred million people connected, only a million or so content creators. Unless you have some pretty evil supervillain scheme, no m…

Yes. Google is noticeably worse year on year for technical queries in particular, but everything else as well.

It's more reasonable to expect them to make 35-45K pre taxes, 20-25k after taxes. With a COL of a working class person around 17.5-20k. Most people in software, or any tech field, …

"On HN ? Unless you are a student you are making enough money to afford premium without thinking much about it and if you are using it enough to notice ads it makes sense to pay fo…

What do you do when you don't have that itch?

You'll also need to pay for the people doing the research to buy houses, have cars, retirement savings, raise families, and have a decent quality of life too. Add that to a bare bo…