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Sat Sep 20 17:47:20 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, and, then those who keep the university running, i.e. the undergraduates
Sat Sep 20 17:47:05 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, and those down the value chain, i.e. the grant writer
Sat Sep 20 17:46:51 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, unfortunately whenever money comes into the picture, it tilts the balance of power in the favour of the funder
Sat Sep 20 17:46:14 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, heh good point
Sat Sep 20 17:45:27 UTC 2014 <decimation> moriarty: didn't you perceive this as a problem, given your previous point about mixing crap with the good?
Sat Sep 20 17:45:17 UTC 2014 <moriarty> so i used things like Prolog, Haskell, Java, C, or even Matlab
Sat Sep 20 17:45:16 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> moriarty: 'got to' != 'used'
Sat Sep 20 17:45:16 UTC 2014 <bounce> moriarty: missing the point though
Sat Sep 20 17:45:02 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, when i was studying and eventually doing research in AI, we got to use anything we like
Sat Sep 20 17:44:46 UTC 2014 <moriarty> decimation, heh the modern AI researcher uses any language at his disposal
Sat Sep 20 17:44:37 UTC 2014 <decimation> asciilifeform: the universities that moriarty mentions being peopled with the same bureaucrats seeking grants
Sat Sep 20 17:44:00 UTC 2014 <moriarty> the benefit of university is underrated, the constant feedback available ensures you minimise your time to develop your skillset sufficiently and deeply for profitable employment
Sat Sep 20 17:43:07 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, without a forum of knowledgeable peers or esteemed academics, you would be hopelessly lost, making lots of mistakes, reading all the crap together with the good stuff, and taking longer to self-develop
Sat Sep 20 17:42:34 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, but freenode is one of those serendipituous occurence that i think is essential to homeschooling
Sat Sep 20 17:42:14 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, in university you are supposed to learn on your own too
Sat Sep 20 17:42:05 UTC 2014 <moriarty> xmj, that's commendable
Sat Sep 20 17:41:30 UTC 2014 <moriarty> Thiel even
Sat Sep 20 17:41:27 UTC 2014 <moriarty> in fact Theil's proposal would fall under xmj's concept of traps by powers that be :)
Sat Sep 20 17:41:14 UTC 2014 <moriarty> but Thiel's supposition that people should not bother with formal education and instead open up a company under the auspices of his seed funding is rather self-serving in my opinion
Sat Sep 20 17:40:48 UTC 2014 <moriarty> i think it was great that PayPal has made that clan of people rich, a lot of good things have come out from the founders of PayPal