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Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by aswegs8 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:13AM (#50138686)
Could anyone copy the text for us paywalled peasants?
Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by nikolqy on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:21AM (#50138732)
I have a gift for you https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/labor-market-freeze-ph...

In the future, just know that typing archive.is/{paste article link} in your URL bar almost always removes paywalls. There’s also an extension that does this automatically for most news sites https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41294166

Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by stevekemp on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:58AM (#50138938)
archive.is blocks the whole of Finland, which is annoying.
Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by mdp2021 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @04:09AM (#50139005)
> [site] blocks [Country]

Are you sure it is not the opposite? Why would they...

Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by salahadawi on Sunday October 18, 2026 @04:31AM (#50139130)
archive.today has had a DDOS fake captcha for years for Finnish visitors, targeting a Finnish blogger they don't like

https://gyrovague.com/2026/02/01/archive-today-is-directing-...

Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by Zanfa on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:06PM (#50142970)
Not just Finland. Apparently, it’s some russian dude who doesn’t like certain neighboring countries.
Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by ChrisArchitect on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:17AM (#50138713)