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CodeWriter23last Wednesday at 4:24 PM4 repliesview on HN

You could buy a house and a 69 Charger for $25K in the 60's with a tidy sum left over.


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rendawlast Wednesday at 4:29 PM

$50k in 2016 dollars.

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parpfishlast Wednesday at 5:33 PM

I doubt that the 50k was given to the research as personal pay. It was likely a “research grant” that was used to fund the research and/or get swallowed up as “overhead” by the university

SoftTalkerlast Wednesday at 5:52 PM

And you probably earned under $10k/yr.

ok123456last Wednesday at 4:27 PM

take me back

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