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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by plaguepilled on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:29AM (#31754487)
That is a perverse misreading of the original comment.

Calling a livable wage and fair working conditions a Lamborghini is not applicable.

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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by TheTacoMerchant on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:44AM (#31754740)
I think the comment was comparing good post-doc researchers to Lamborghinis. Makes sense as the academic are not offering enough ($4000) for it to make sense.
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @01:50PM (#31756612)
In this metaphor, the postdoc is the Lamborghini, the speaker is the employer bemoaning the difficulty of acquiring a postdoc/Lamborghini for an unreasonable price point, and the $4000 is the unreasonable price point.
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by moffkalast on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:09PM (#31756907)
Good CS researches are in some sense the Lamborghinis of developers.
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