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PhilipRoman on April 28, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: I just want to code (2023)

This also depends heavily on the field, some sciences need particle accelerators and mass spectrometers, meanwhile we can get by on a $200 pc and free wifi. This means you can bypass a lot of traditional university/lab structures.

nottorp on April 29, 2025 [–]

The point is not that they could afford expensive tools.

The point is that they did their research sort of "for fun".

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