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Re:Why do older grad students become bitter? by ClumsyPilot on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:16AM (#35196051)
> Try to solve real problems

All the engineers working on AdTech and surveillance capitalism solving real problems with billion dollar budgets

All the PhDs researching new physics and fighting for scraps of funding be losers /s

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Re:Why do older grad students become bitter? by AstixAndBelix on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:29AM (#35196201)
Because when you find a new law of physics you can't patent it.

But if you make a newfangled device thanks to that new physics law you can put a nice patent on it and earn millions

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