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The Duty of a Scholar

https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-10-31-The-Duty-of-a-Scholar.html
30•gslin•1h ago

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cperciva•44m ago
Wow that showed up quickly.

Readers might also consider my 2020 post "On the use of a life" to be an interesting companion piece: https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2020-09-20-On-the-use-of-a-...

bix6•40m ago
> While I had some bills to cover — being a type 1 diabetic, I had to purchase insulin — living in Canada meant that I didn't need to worry about the risk of extraordinary costs from a hospital stay. Had I been living in the USA, I would have needed to prioritize seeking employment and medical insurance and likely would not have been able to discharge the duty which fate had thrust upon me.

God bless Canada.

leoqa•21m ago
He would’ve likely qualified for Medicaid in the US if he was living in any liberal state that expanded eligibility.
logifail•26m ago
I'm not sure modern academia has very much left to do with scholarship in the sense quoted in this article.

This is unfortunate.

jruohonen•19m ago
He sounds somewhat like R. K. Merton, and thus it was a good read.
Animats•13m ago
The Intel claim it wasn't a problem: [1]

Today, it would be a bigger deal. In the age of AI, exploiting hard to exploit holes is so much easier. AI has patience limited only by your budget.

[1] https://www.itnews.com.au/news/intel-soothes-hyperthreading-...

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1•Amavie•16m ago•0 comments

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1•CGMthrowaway•18m ago•0 comments

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