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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Unrelated, but I saw my neighbor chasing his kid, who’s probably like 8, full speed down the street and the kid was actually pretty fast

[–] AyuTsukasa@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Baby legs are no joke! You blink and they're already halfway across the house. It only gets worse as they get older.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I don’t have kids, but as a kid that got older can confirm this is true. Until you get slow again

Research paid by public university funds then goes into for profit journals because... money?

All knowledge should be free and unrestricted, pirating papers is completely morally and ethically justified.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 150 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Science works best when information is not restricted.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but capitalism does not. who do the police and politicians work for?

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ACAB

Just ignore the police in this regard. They should go after the actual predators, those who put up that "Online Wank Policing" Act.

In Capitalism, Science becomes an Industry.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 77 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Exactly. Just tell them your training an llm

Yes I know this wouldn't fly in reality but I'll scream hypocrisy from the top of any tree

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Freedom for me but not for thee

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's another trick for obtaining free articles: write an email to the author and ask for a copy. We have to pay to publish on journals and don't see a dime, so we really don't care if you pirate it.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And wait for days to weeks if it didn't just go into the spam folder?

Just put the penultimate draft on arxiv or researchgate like the rest of us.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

I owe my master's degree to that website

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago

"Oi, you got a loicense for those?"

[–] bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does the "email the paper authors" actually work? I've tried it lik twice but never got a response πŸ˜”

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 8 points 1 day ago

Well, many people are busy, but yeah it should usually work. ResearchGate makes this even easier, because you can directly see who is requesting a paper and sometimes as an author you've got the paywalled paper already uploaded in researchgate.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Many post their articles on Researchgate. I find requesting the article there has a higher success rate and it's just a click of a button.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I remember my first week using research gate and spamming the request paper button.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the URL dear news article headline.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's forbidden to read texts not ~~redacted~~ ~~sanitized~~ reviewed by the Minitru