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[–] 158 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Science works best when information is not restricted.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 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.

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

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    I owe my master's degree to that website

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    "Oi, you got a loicense for those?"

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Thanks for the URL dear news article headline.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

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

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    If cops could read they'd be very upset

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