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by DataWorker 2444 days ago
If only research paid as well as violating the privacy of the American people to trick them into clicking on advertisements there might be more parity in code quality control between research and industry. But we’ve instead allowed google to take all the money away from the scientists, who are increasingly doing societies heavy lifting for free.
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Generating clickbait ("engagement") and playing roulette ("trading") have become the greatest pasttimes of the STEM talent pool.