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I hate to break it to you but, the city grid plan is ancient. The Greeks and Romans used it, even the Pre-Columbian Americans had it.

The system is great for directions and general movement of people.

> I wouldn't want to work in a company with strong "us" and "them" culture.

That seems like a pipe dream to me. Money and power often to change people for the worse.

> I don't understand this fascination with central offices.

It's not about you, it's about them. What they control, what they own, what they have.

They are in love with the feeling of dominance in a room full of people. They love to see the minions that they command. Its about being able to visualize and understand the domain that they control.

The importance of cross pollinating you postdoc and grad degree is to prove the worth of your degree. If you can be accepted at multiple places it is a good indicator that you know your stuff and your institutions are putting out good candidates.

I have met plenty of PhDs shouldn't have been awarded them. Often because they were good at filling out paperwork and being liked by the right people.

> YT search is dogshit now...

All of Google search is dogshit these days. You can't search for anything these days without a crap ton of ads and pages of SEO optimized wrong answers.

Got a job and then married someone who also has a job. We go to work, make our money, come home and relax.

Here too, Linux Firefox 95.0.2

Fine on Chrome...