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		superb_dev on May 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPGA: Neural Parametric Gaussian Avatars – high-fi... If you decide to research in $field, then you’ll typically need to keep publishing papers to keep your job

throwaway1105q on May 31, 2024 [–]

Indeed. That's what I'm saying - you decide you want to research and so you publish. Nobody decides to publish and so does research.

BriggyDwiggs42 on May 31, 2024 | [–]

How is this a useful critique? The publishing being a subgoal doesn’t mean it’s not still a goal.

throwaway1105q on May 31, 2024 | | [–]

How is that a useful critique? Yes, researchers publish research.

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