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Olórin

Member for 9 years, 1 month
Last seen more than 1 year ago

Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA, USA

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17 Questions

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65 votes

10 answers

17k views

Is it true that 'nice' professors fail to produce good students?

asked Feb 5, 2015 at 9:07

34 votes

11 answers

8k views

Is it common for people in academia to experience prolonged lack of sleep and how to deal with it?

asked Mar 18, 2015 at 9:02

27 votes

8 answers

10k views

How is a paper with multiple authors usually written?

asked Feb 13, 2015 at 0:06

11 votes

3 answers

2k views

When is it okay to ask your advisor solution to a technical problem?

asked Mar 14, 2015 at 2:12

9 votes

4 answers

1k views

I believe fellow TAs are giving students answers and inflating their tutorial average, what should I do?

asked Nov 11, 2018 at 4:47

9 votes

3 answers

2k views

How can you tell if a faculty or group is on decline? Am I being used?

asked Feb 4, 2015 at 18:48

3 votes

2 answers

477 views

Why do so many researchers in CS fail to clarify their symbols and notations in research papers?

asked Sep 22, 2018 at 6:20

2 votes

3 answers

3k views

What should I do if a professor's grading makes me feel bad? [closed]

asked Dec 2, 2015 at 1:27

2 votes

2 answers

371 views

Is it recommended to invest in stocks as a typical broke graduate students? [closed]

asked Apr 24, 2020 at 19:57

2 votes

2 answers

175 views

Myth or Reality: Employers will contact your academic supervisor and past collaborators to acquire information about you

asked Feb 12, 2015 at 22:52

1 vote

1 answer

219 views

What is the least amount of effort needed to ensure no copyright issue of using online pictures in lecture notes/slides

asked Mar 18, 2021 at 22:44

1 vote

1 answer

370 views

Would graduate committee be more favorable to a barely passed grad course or no grad course at all while undergrad

asked Oct 27, 2014 at 7:32

1 vote

0 answers

127 views

Failed to achieve intended project outcome, what to put on design fair poster? [duplicate]

asked Feb 18, 2015 at 0:58

1 vote

6 answers

7k views

How are research papers typeset?

asked Feb 19, 2015 at 5:39

1 vote

2 answers

4k views

How do professors interpret normally distributed midterm or final exam scores?

asked Mar 14, 2015 at 1:22

0 votes

1 answer

497 views

Are all master degrees fully funded for North American universities?

asked Feb 12, 2015 at 6:42

0 votes

2 answers

1k views

At what stage in academia are you most likely to suffer a mental breakdown? [closed]

asked Mar 19, 2015 at 20:03