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by omershapira 1062 days ago
> You’re not an expert in your field, otherwise you wouldn’t be publishing in a blog, but writing papers and giving interviews

At least in the field I'm in (computer graphics), the penalty of publishing is months; blogposts (and patents) cost days. Papers have perverse incentives in style and fact presentation. Where do you prefer the knowledge ending up?