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Japan's cherry blossom database, 1,200 years old, has a new keeper (nytimes.com)
hbarka 5 hours ago [-]
> Initially, they didn’t have much luck. No other researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University, where Prof. Aono worked, would be taking over his record-keeping, Hiroko Nishino, a university spokeswoman, wrote in an email.

I’m surprised that there was lackluster response. For this kind of honor, you would think that there would be a flood of responses. I am attributing it to bad marketing.

nxobject 5 hours ago [-]
Part of me also thinks: yes, but is there any money/compensation attached to this? Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students or soft money researchers.
thaumasiotes 13 minutes ago [-]
> Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students

Are you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.

gregjw 4 hours ago [-]
Not usually how things work in Japanese culture
CalRobert 60 minutes ago [-]
Are people not paid?
tacomagick 2 hours ago [-]
I'd like you to elaborate more on your answer
renewiltord 4 hours ago [-]
You're supposed to keep an apprentice, man!
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