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by DC-3 273 days ago
Given that this is Hacker News, I think it is worth pointing out that Durham's strong suit traditionally is the humanities. In my opinion a CS degree from Oxford, Cambridge, or ICL is considerably more impressive than one from Durham.
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Given this is Hacker News, I think we should definitely encourage all Yes, Minister references.
It's scary how relevant a 1970's/80s comedy show is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgkUVIj3KWY (Salami tactics)

Incredibly good writing throughout... only Armando Ianucci gets close, IMO. Of course he leans a bit more heavily into straight up farce, which may not be to one's taste, but still...
I hope he does something like Death of Stalin again.
I've found graduate students at Edinburgh to be fairly good as well thanks to the EPSRC's preference for the uni.