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Electron band structure in germanium, my ass (2001)

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903 points tux3 | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source
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roadbuster ◴[01 Apr 25 14:26 UTC] No.43547165[source]▶
I read this in 1999 when entering university. It was so refreshing hearing a student provide a glimpse into the boots-on-the-ground reality of undergrad life at these world-renowned institution.

The closing sentence is also prescient; the author pivoted to CS, ultimately completing his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kovar/

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madcaptenor ◴[01 Apr 25 14:45 UTC] No.43547405[source]▶
LinkedIn has him as Staff Software Engineer at Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-kovar-185a3531/
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1. sizzle ◴[02 Apr 25 01:56 UTC] No.43553028[source]▶
Someone send him a link to this HN post and invite him to join us!