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Re:Terry Tao on some desirable properties of mathematical no... by solveit on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:46PM (#23913437)
> Keep in mind this is a large public university charging $40k/year.

Funny enough, that grad student was almost certainly making less than that. Universities are screwed up.

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Re:Terry Tao on some desirable properties of mathematical no... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @12:02AM (#23913812)
Another useful realization, after a witty quote attributed to Einstein, is to consider that as much trouble as you (the GP) were having with math, the grad student was having much more.
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