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9593530 No.9593530 [Reply] [Original]

> 2018
> Not writing your paper in Microsoft Word, but changing the font and margins so it looks like LaTeX

http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/irwin/research/The_Case_for_Fake_LaTeX_Body_Feb%202018.pdf

>> No.9593554

>>9593530
I see someone getting a Nobel Prize in Economics in the future. Move over John Nash.

>> No.9593602
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9593602

>[math]\latex[/math] is too hard for me

>> No.9593625

Anyone have a copy?

>> No.9593632

>>9593602
Ironically you screwed up the [math]\LaTeX[/math] logo.

>> No.9593648

>LaTeX is a very popular platform for writing papers in economics,
mainly due to its superior aesthetics in print
ree

>> No.9593667
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>>9593632
Must be pretty sad living with an IQ of 40.

>> No.9593675

>>9593602
you write it like this [math] {\LaTeX} [/math], idiot

>> No.9593679

>>9593667
Believe me I am very highly educated. I have a big big brain the best brain. I went to the best schools and I know math, the best math. No one knows math better than me.

>> No.9593682

>>9593679
Prove Parseval's theorem.

>> No.9593712

>>9593682
literally who?

>> No.9593758

>FaKe Beamer
Shit this nigga a genius.

>> No.9594048
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>>9593682
OK

>> No.9594075

>>9593530
Does anyone actually believe this. Having a pure maths degree basically demonstrates that you can do fucking anything.

>> No.9594122

This should be illegal

>> No.9594275

>>9593530
>Low cost
>Latex is free, Word costs unreasonably much

>> No.9594313

>>9594275
That's funny. I've been using word for years and have never paid a dime.

>> No.9594808

>>9593632
but he did screw it up ironically, you dumb fucking autist

>> No.9594834

>>9594075
Believe what?

>> No.9594863
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>> No.9594876

>>9593530
> A less charitable interpretation is that LaTeX is used as a barrier-to-entry by the “cool kids” in the economics profession
Fucking lol, it really is this >>9593602

>> No.9594881

>>9594863
What are you trying to show us?

>> No.9595255

>>9594876

Latex isn't too hard for me in the sense that I couldn't learn it if I was motivated to.

I'm just not motivated to, because I'm not a brainlet like you who desperately needs to signal that you're part of the in crowd instead of letting the quality of your papers and articles speak for themselves.

>> No.9595353

>>9595255
You're retarded

>> No.9595420

If you aren't able to grasp LaTeX, you shouldn't be writing papers.

>> No.9595436

>>9595420
don't worry it's an economist

>> No.9595444

>>9593530
to be honest, I kind of agree with the author that LaTeX isn't necessary in certain fields like economics but the degree to which they claim it's so hard is disgusting

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>>9593530
But there are LaTeX wysiwyg editors for people like this man, you don't need to be a programmer to write beautiful documents.

>> No.9595460

>>9595444
Who would have thunk that a paper written to shill could possibly shill?

>> No.9595465

>>9595420
It's not that I can't grasp it, I know it full well. I do however prefer WYSIWYG editors, they're comfier.

>> No.9595484
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9595484

TeX/LaTeX developers:
2 Turing Awards

Microsoft Office developers:
0 Turing Awards

LibreOffice developers:
0 Turing Awards

>> No.9595497

>>9595484
Do you know the who Microsoft office developers are?

>> No.9595499

>>9593682
The proof is left as an exercise to the reader.

Q.E.D

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>>9595499

>> No.9595524

>>9593530
Latex is far better for anything with lots of math notation. Anything else can be written in whatever.

I call bullshit on the "study", also
>implying you can't write Latex in vim and boost your productivity even further.

>> No.9595556

>>9595353
>You're retarded

And you're so bad in your field you had to learn a markup language to pretend you had any value at all.

>> No.9595863

>>9594834
The image you dolt

>> No.9596995

>>9593530
this is the true masterrace

>> No.9598480

>>9593530
Homophobic Algebraic Structures. Lol

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cool, pic semi related..