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How to Write a Thesis (1977)

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Re: How to Write a Thesis (1977)

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Post by a3n »

gnu8 wrote: post #7
jrvarela56 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you invited me to your library, where you have books you have paid for, I would not consider it rude if you interrupted me for a few seconds with this request. Heck, if you DEMANDED I give you my email before coming in, I think I would accept the exchange. Just click the X and be on with your day. This does not seem like a ridiculous request at all.

I have clicked on my last X for the day. This is getting to be worse than the X10 camera pop up ads from years ago. I’m a person, not a conversion or an eyeball, and if someone offers me a document I expect to be able to read it without being harassed. It’s a sad state of affairs when even MIT, an apparently esteemed university is only publishing information for the sake of the grift, rather than to stimulate the pub…

> This is getting to be worse than the X10 camera pop up ads from years ago.

Oh, the waves of nostalgia!

Re: How to Write a Thesis (1977)

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Post by dredmorbius »

FTA wrote: post #20
m463 wrote: post #18

When reading this article... ...and the article a few days back "Writing a Ph.D. thesis with Org Mode" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20435576 My mind thinks about all these people reading articles instead of writing their thesis .

It's all part of the yak shaving necessary to finish a thesis.

No actual yaks were harmed ...

Re: How to Write a Thesis (1977)

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Post by dredmorbius »

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #19
m463 wrote: post #18

When reading this article... ...and the article a few days back "Writing a Ph.D. thesis with Org Mode" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20435576 My mind thinks about all these people reading articles instead of writing their thesis .

One of them may even be writing a thesis on HN comments (and commenting on HN rather than writing their thesis).

Back to work!

Any interesting findings?

Re: How to Write a Thesis (1977)

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Post by bthallplz »

Is much of this applicable to writing a dissertation? Is there anything it's missing for writing a dissertation?

Edit: ah, found my answer in chapter one (quoted it below). All of it should be applicable, as the "thesis" that this refers to is known as a "dissertation" outside of Italy. Perfect! I've been wanting to learn the PhD research process without bothering with the matters of financing a PhD and the deadlines.

> outside of Italy, the thesis proper generally applies to the doctorate, a degree pursued by those students who wish to specialize and pursue academic research in a particular discipline. Although the doctorate has various designations in different parts of the world, we will use the common abbreviation “PhD.” ... In universities around the world that traditionally grant the PhD, the thesis usually refers to a doctoral thesis, known as a “dissertation.” This is a piece of original research through which the candidate must demonstrate his scholarly capability of furthering his discipline.

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