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by sackofmugs 10y ago
Maybe that's a good thing that it's self-governing and less regulated then. Research universities contribute a ton of research and teaching to society. Can't say the same about other industries.
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by sackofmugs 10y ago
Agreed. My friends who were at Brown University about 50 years ago were undergraduate TAs in computer science. It was a prestigious position, and they still exist in every course there.
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
The article just keeps quoting executives saying that they will "manage through it".
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
Looks really cool. I am doing a project that relies heavily on Google Street View photos, and having an open dataset would be amazing. Is there any guarantee that Mapillary will always offer the user-contributed photos to the public for fre
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
Is there a demo out there? I'd like to try it without installing a bunch of stuff.
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
You can work at MSR as a research engineer (basically, you make software to help the researchers). You're a support role, but can still do some of the research under the direction of someone with a Ph.D.
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
You're talking about undergrads. PhD foreign students are paid by the university, not payers into budgets. So it's actually the opposite effect.
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
That's not true. University professors have sabbaticals, and can also go on extended leave for multiple years and return just fine.
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by sackofmugs 11y ago
I looked for a while and wasn't able to find a version online. Only news stories referencing it. I'd love to be able to see what they're making, as I just went through interviews there last week.