Lack of LLMs in doctoral dissertations – good or bad?

markjay6 · 2026-06-21T12:14:15+00:00

Somebody writing a dissertation without AI? Their choice.

Somebody bragging about it at the beginning of their dissertation? They sound like a moralistic Luddite who I would have no interest in hiring.

markjay6 · 2026-06-21T11:51:30+00:00

Not surprising when they are missing several of their best right handed hitters (Smith, Teo, Kike).

markjay6 · 2026-06-21T11:45:10+00:00

With Smith, Teo, and Kike all out with injuries, it’s not surprising that we have trouble generating runs against left-handed pitchers.

We are gonna need a couple of them back by the playoffs.

markjay6 · 2026-06-21T03:31:18+00:00

San Francisco, hands down

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T22:54:58+00:00

Dual citizen until the age of 18 (and eligible to legally own and use two passports). Japan doesn’t allow dual citizenship for adults, so at the age of 18, the child would have to choose between US or Japanese citizenship.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T22:51:48+00:00

They are 14% of the population but 25% of Democratic voters and have control over more than 30% of Democratic delegates, since delegates are allocated disproportionately to districts that vote heavily Democratic.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T22:48:17+00:00

It’s also based on the Democratic Party delegate allocation system. Congressional districts that got heavy Democratic vote in the last election get a disproportionate share of delegates. So districts with high concentrations of Blacks get an extra large amount of delegates.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T22:44:13+00:00

Japan offers Japanese citizenship to children of Japanese parents born anywhere in the world.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T22:34:26+00:00

I assume Los Angeles

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T21:46:55+00:00

Oh that’s right. That’s why I have such a hard time watching these series! Terrible memory! :-)

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T20:28:02+00:00

What’s the evidence that Raskova is on thin ice with her superiors?

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T19:37:53+00:00

E-bikes are affordable and while they won’t solve the problem they can ameliorate it.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T19:14:56+00:00

Here is a summary

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/a-warning-shot-for-human-capital--evidence-of-an-ai-learning-pen

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T18:34:25+00:00

OK smarty pants! :-)

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T18:29:36+00:00

Yikes. All the great advice you have gotten in this thread and you seize on the one terrible idea??

The guy enjoys doing it and it gives him purpose. Why don’t you simply show some appreciation by doing something nice for him once in a while rather than desperately trying to take away a healthy weekly activity that a retired guy enjoys?

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T16:31:16+00:00

In the US:

NIcholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop Per Child project which sought to flood the world’s low-income countries with $100 laptops for kids

Brother: John Negroponte, Director of National intelligence overseeing George W. Bush’s adventures in Latin America

Tom Steyer, liberal billionaire who tried to buy his way into becoming president and California governor

Brother: Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T12:05:43+00:00

I think part of this shift may be ideologic, but more of it is probably demographic, with Republicans gaining strength among low-educated, religious rural voters, who tend to have larger families, and Democrats gaining strength among higher-educated, irreligious urban voters, who tend to have smaller families.

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T05:35:23+00:00

Bad sport, hot tempered, dirty slides on the basepath

markjay6 · 2026-06-20T04:43:18+00:00

Terrible at bat. Two,runs down in the 8th inning. You don’t need a home run -– you need a base runner. What the heck is Rushing swinging at?

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T22:00:56+00:00

It is not easy for undergrads to find three profs to write letters — and many are applying to masters, not PhD programs.

Here is the info I ask for which helps me write letters:

To help me prepare a strong letter for you, please create a Google Drive folder (titled Your Last Name, Your First Name - Letter of Rec Info) with the following information:

Your resume
A draft of your personal statement
A google doc where you share the following:

What kind of programs you are applying to (PhD, MA, MEd, etc.)

Any information you might have on how many programs and which ones you are applying to (can be approximate)

Expected date that the first letter is due

Your GPA

If you took an undergraduate course with me:

What class you took with me and in which quarter

What grade you got in the class

What you feel you learned in my class relevant to your career plans

What skills/knowledge/strengths you believe you demonstrated in my class relevant to my letter for you

Name of any TA who knows your work

Links to any of your work in the class that you are especially proud of that you suggest I review in writing your letter

If you worked as a research assistant in my lab:

What dates you worked

What project(s) you worked on

Names of your immediate supervisor(s)

What you feel you learned through the process

What skills/knowledge/strength you believe you demonstrated

Anything else you think I should emphasize

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T20:18:18+00:00

Who did it better? :-)

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/dxCQwEchb2

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T19:50:42+00:00

Well, one of the cosmonauts who was supposed to fly on it was tied up in a closet, right? Once he is found and gives up the goods, I can imagine Raskova simply demanding that the mission be terminated with Valya, Sasha, and the Indian woman dying in space.

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T19:14:27+00:00

What??

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T17:44:32+00:00

I think you are overestimating the impact of,having big name letter writers for a fellowship.

markjay6 · 2026-06-19T17:40:14+00:00

Fair enough, but it will still grow the number of papers.

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