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Were you told that successful researchers must constantly "keep up" with research in their fields? In my experience, that's both stressful and inefficient to the point of being useless. New
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I was rejected by 8 of 9 schools I applied to, including what I thought would be a "safe" school (based on their ranking, but I would have been thrilled
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Professors at top universities are lottery winners, but rarely acknowledge the role of luck in their success. Be skeptical when they give you advice suggesting that the path they took
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In 2018 the blockchain/decentralization story fell apart. For example, a study of 43 use cases found a 0% success rate. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/30/blockchain_study_finds_0_per_cent_success_rate/Let's talk about some mistak
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There are many answers to the so-called privacy paradox but the simplest is the analogy to the environment. Why do people say they care but then not do much? Because
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One of the most ironic predictions made about research is from mathematician G.H. Hardy’s famous "Apology", written in 1940. He defends pure mathematics (which he called real mathematics) on the
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By the same token, it should be a sobering moment for computer science academia. With few exceptions, work that tries to bring accountability to big tech companies is relegated to
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We like to complain that lawmakers don’t understand tech, but let’s talk for a minute about technologists who don’t understand the law. Actually, it’s much worse than that—many prominent technologists
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A vital skill for a researcher is to be able to take a step back when you have an idea for solving an important problem that no one seems to
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My university just announced that it’s dumping Blackboard, and there was much rejoicing. Why is Blackboard universally reviled? There’s a standard story of why "enterprise software" sucks. If you’ll bear
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