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Everybody putting down academia as shit. But somehow we still have GPS satellites, fibre optics and AI machinery that can nearly think. I'd guess the shittines

Everybody putting down academia as shit. But somehow we still have GPS satellites, fibre optics and AI machinery that can nearly think. I'd guess the shittiness may be isolated to a few disciplines, but that's just a guess based on data.

mistermann 3y ago
What data type does isShit() return? A boolean? Is that adequate to accurately represent the inherent complexity of reality?
jahsome 3y ago
It's rather funny you seem to make the case that you can't generalize an entire population based on the actions of individuals, then go on to... generalize entire populations based on the actions of individuals.
kipchak 3y ago
There's also gov and private research, and the things in between. GPS for example is DoD, the gov gov has funded lots of companies that make new things, like In-Q-Tel funding Keyhole which made the precursor to Google Earth[1], or Oracle which gets it's name from the program it was developed for.[2] This is not to disparage academia and fundamental research, but it's not the only possible way to make new stuff. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel [2]https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-p...
lowkey 3y ago
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- dang 3y ago
  You posted this comment 8 times, which is abusive. In addition, you've continued to use HN primarily for flamewar after we asked you to stop (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36796469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36796469). You can't do these things on HN, so I've banned the account. I hate to ban an account that has been here for 15 years, but we don't have much choice when an account is behaving like this—it's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

mistermann 3y ago

What data type does isShit() return? A boolean? Is that adequate to accurately represent the inherent complexity of reality?

jahsome 3y ago

It's rather funny you seem to make the case that you can't generalize an entire population based on the actions of individuals, then go on to... generalize entire populations based on the actions of individuals.

kipchak 3y ago

There's also gov and private research, and the things in between. GPS for example is DoD, the gov gov has funded lots of companies that make new things, like In-Q-Tel funding Keyhole which made the precursor to Google Earth[1], or Oracle which gets it's name from the program it was developed for.[2] This is not to disparage academia and fundamental research, but it's not the only possible way to make new stuff. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel [2]https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-p...

lowkey 3y ago

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dang 3y ago
You posted this comment 8 times, which is abusive. In addition, you've continued to use HN primarily for flamewar after we asked you to stop (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36796469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36796469). You can't do these things on HN, so I've banned the account. I hate to ban an account that has been here for 15 years, but we don't have much choice when an account is behaving like this—it's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.