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   by c7b 4y ago

   Beautiful! One more thing to add re A4 vs letter size: A4 is also a better approximation of the 'golden ratio', so supposedly more aesthetically pleasing (though neither is a particularly good approximation, which shouldn't s
2. 572.▲
   by c7b 4y ago

   I've seen the term "generative search" used.
3. 573.▲
   by c7b 4y ago

   Should add: "Google researcher: ..." to the title.
4. 574.▲
   by c7b 4y ago

   > Here are the Chinese characters for concave and convex: 凹凸 Really? Funny that neither of those shapes is convex.
5. 575.▲
   by c7b 4y ago

   Calling Gutenberg a James Watt to Chinese printing press designs is... questionable. Afaik he was not aware of Chinese/Korean designs that he could have improved upon. Also, the Chinese designs arguably weren't presses, since they
6. 576.▲
   by c7b 4y ago

   I'd say for postdocs it's subtly different, if not necessarily better, than you suggest. With the kind of move we're talking about here, people will often (have to) move out of academia altogether. It's just too rare to