Where is a good place to live?

[unkx80]

I agree that the conflation between IT and CS is one of the most perpetuated misconceptions out there. My feeling is that many people would not really understand the difference unless they have already gone down the Ph.D. path, or at least a Masters by research. Masters by coursework do not count.

[Kirby]

There is definitely a difference between "industry IT" and computer science. I prefer computer science, but I am trying to get used to industry.

[tealeaf]

... just like I wouldn't ask tech support to help me with cryptographic research.

Unless he earned his PhD qualification on "modern techniques in cryptography" perhaps?

Touché.

Sorry to hijack the thread again, but this was too relevant. I live across the road from a petrol station, and I just went to buy some milk. I was chatting to the guy who works behind the till, and it turns out that he has a PhD in molecular biology from Oxford Brookes, and his wife has a PhD in organic chemistry from Oxford. (At least theirs are both relevant to their business... )

[unkx80]

Sorry to hijack the thread again, but this was too relevant. I live across the road from a petrol station, and I just went to buy some milk. I was chatting to the guy who works behind the till, and it turns out that he has a PhD in molecular biology from Oxford Brookes, and his wife has a PhD in organic chemistry from Oxford. (At least theirs are both relevant to their business... )

Now that you have posted this, I find it difficult not to post the case of a Singapore taxi driver with a Ph.D.. Read his introduction here.

I do not know exactly what happened. Because the research and education sector is pretty much controlled by the government, my personal feeling is that he likely offended somebody up there.

[Kirby]

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Yes, no reason to actually implement anything as long as you can prove that it can be done in polynomial time.

But back to where you're going to live. You don't really want to work anyway so have you considered becoming a bum that lives in a go club?
I do think you should consider it. You may think that you're not strong enough, but I think you have what it takes. You would be a good bum.

How much money can a bum make annually?

[Kirby]

Nah, I think I am greedy, too.

I heard that humans sometimes think of things in relative terms. People can have a lot of good things in their life, but they focus on what's not there.

I think that I do that, sometimes, too.

I was pretty much kidding around when I was asking how much a bum made for money - I didn't know how else to respond to the comment