gojak

They will buy the hardware last, at the end of LHC to get the best hw possible. Helium is a bigger problem, since CERN is the biggest Helium cryo-installation in the world...

Actually, in the 2000's CERN was the biggest internet exchange point in Switzerland, while the physical datacenter was not in Switzerland but in France xD

As an European this sounds lunatic. I pay +-600€ a year for my masters (bachelor coasts the same) and this 600€ also include a train ticket for all local trains in Germany.

Idk why there are so few US people coming here. Honestly our universities have their weaknesses as well but I think they can definitely compete with the average US university.

You have to account for something like 1k living cost per month if you are a bit lucky and don’t eat in restaurants every day. By working part time u can easily live of your salary.

I think the us is famous for its student loan system and it’s a way of separating poor people from people with better situated parents. We do this in Europe too but here we do it a bit more “hidden” and mostly in Highschool.