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"Something quite unique about computer science: We don't have a postdoc tradition. That's because we have historically had so many positions available in Ph.D.-granting departments and available for fresh Ph.D.s. Traditionally, when you get your Ph.D. [in computer science], you've got some place to go. There was always more demand than there was supply, and industry was soaking up half."

To help him write his dissertation, computer scientist Fred Stutzman created an app that blocks online distractions.

Norman Matloff says that passing the Senate's immigration reform bill would be a "historical watershed event," and not in a good way.