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Re:How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang (2013) by fsloth on Sunday July 26, 2015 @03:51PM (#9952006)
"From the outside, industry looks to be churning out nothing, but trivial stuff for sale."

I suppose what one chooses to focus on. The stuff I do in industry helps people design houses and infrastructure.

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Re:How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang (2013) by andrepd on Sunday July 26, 2015 @04:52PM (#9952169)
Concrete mixing companies help people build houses and infrastructure, if you want to put it that way. Still, it's the epitome of churning out trivial stuff.
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