<whitequark[cis]>
did someone run that text through an LLM<
<whitequark[cis]>
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<whitequark[cis]>
> In order to conduct a thorough system evaluation, as seen in 6.1 the Ballast MPSoC was linked to the Granitti board, which boasted an FTDI chip and an RS232 board for UART communication.
<whitequark[cis]>
no one writes like that
<whitequark[cis]>
also, that's someone's masters thesis? seriously? I should go back to college then, since it seems like I could get a degree with one or two weeks of work
<bl0x[m]>
<whitequark[cis]> "did someone run that text..." <- It definitely sounds LLM enhanced. And yes: I think with enough real life experience it gets much easier to get a degree. Or at least to be able to do appropriate amounts of research and document it. A significant amount of work is to get enough credit points through attending courses and the like. That is pretty prohibitive IMO.
<gurki>
bl0x[m]: these courses are 75 to 90% of your degree (depending on the country). and thats the way it _should_ be. youre supposed to learn how to learn complex stuff in a given field.
<gurki>
you wont be able to do research before that since youll have issues actually grasping anything of relevance in that field
<gurki>
a lot of people coming from industry notice rather quickly that they have a lot of experience with tools, but not neccesarily with underlying stuff
<bl0x[m]>
Sure, I'm not debating that. However, there is only the one way to prove that you have this knowledge. No way to fast path this, even if you can prove that you know how to do research.
<gurki>
to be honest most people coming form industry will blaze through examns since they come with the work ethics to pull these hours :3
<gurki>
but i get your point, there is no "fast track" really
<bl0x[m]>
^^ probably true. Strongly depends on the individual, though.