Post #2545330
2026-05-01 05:00 UTC
@literatesavant@mastodon.au > To willingly
subject oneself to a PhD, or a postdoc, is to have a burning desire to understand something, at the expense of financial stability, personal relationships, and often physical and mental health.
Oof. This is a painful indictment of academia. Something is very wrong: it shouldn't have to be this way.
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@ceejbot@toot.cat 2026-05-01 05:05
@literatesavant@mastodon.au > using an LLM is like discussing an idea with an infinitely patient colleague who has bottomless knowledge of every topic in the world. Yes, this. And isn't going to mock you or yell at you for having forgotten a fact briefly. The feedback will be constructive; the corrections will be gentle; your work will be improved. Claude Code is many things, but "asshole" is not one of them.