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Massimo Ortolano
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  • Torino, Italy
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Q: What do you do for a living?

A: I'm a metrologist

Q: So, what's the weather like?

A: Uh?

Q: You said you are a meteorologist, isn't it? So, is it going to rain?

A: Hey, no, wait... I said I'm a metrologist: I measure things, no weather forecast.

Q: Why do you measure things?

A: Because things need to be measured, from time to time.

Q: What kind of things do you measure?

A: Mm, well, mm... maybe it's going to rain, after all.

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It's time for me to resign
May 31, 2023
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What's it like being a moderator on Academia Stack Exchange?
Sep 9, 2019
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Passing the torch
Jun 16, 2022
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I am an unsung genius. Suggestion for a community answer
Mar 12, 2023
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Do we need a post notice for possibly controversial questions?
Oct 31, 2017
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"How do I engage in rudimentary-human-interaction when dealing with this Professor?"
Apr 26, 2018
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Should I remove my answer which has been invalidated by an edit to the question?
Mar 1, 2018
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What kind of undergraduate questions are not really generalizable to graduate education? (An "Academia varies more than you think" perspective)
Apr 22, 2016
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Do we have any data (or general idea) on how much Academia.SE is known in the academic world?
Jan 16, 2016
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Would you be interested in becoming a moderator?
Jul 5, 2021
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Only one student answered an exam question - and I strongly suspect he cheated
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