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I learned about that particular situation from one of pg's essays (something I figured I could assume was common knowledge around here).

• gwern 12y ago
  I've read most/all of pg's essays as well, but I have no recollection of anything like that, so...
  • lifeformed 12y ago
    Can someone explain the German university thing to me? It sounds interesting.
    • NaNaN 12y ago
      Well, I searched on HN and googled it, but nothing found easily. So this is why I don't like slang sometimes.. :-$
    • RKoutnik 12y ago
      See my reply to gwern above.
  • RKoutnik 12y ago
    > German and Dutch governments, perhaps from fear of elitism, try to ensure that all universities are roughly equal in quality. The downside is that none are especially good. http://paulgraham.com/america.html http://paulgraham.com/america.html
    • gwern 12y ago
      Only 2 sentences? No wonder I don't remember it at all.