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ieee8023

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    Comment #30082183

    Let’s stop reviewing for publishers that profit from research! Join the strike! https://josephpcohen.com/w/reviewerstrike/

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    Comment #29793644

    Let’s stop reviewing for publishers that profit from research! https://josephpcohen.com/w/reviewerstrike/

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    Comment #27797433

    It is hard to make this requirement because then there is a whole set of ideas that cannot be referenced. It would close off the community that imposed that rule. In the past peopl…

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    Let's go on strike Let's stop reviewing for venues that sell research

    What’s the deal with how we review papers for confs/journals for free and then they go sell and restrict access to them? How about we only review for venues that freely distribute …

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    Comment #22047238

    We have collections which I guess should be featured on the front page. https://academictorrents.com/collections.php

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    Comment #22035717

    There is metadata. It is stored in bibtex along with every torrent. This format allows it to be a freeform database where the user can add fields as they want. We (Academic Torrent…

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    Comment #17754859

    The main goal is to facilitate distribution. We work with research groups and provide "best effort" hosting with the resources from our sponsors. We expect the uploader has a backu…

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    Comment #17754802

    Sometimes if a torrent doesn't have seeds it is a signal that people do not value that data. Not all data should be stored forever. The community should vote with their servers wha…

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    Comment #17754750

    Yes. But webseeds also go away over time when a department shuts down a server or a student account expires.

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    Comment #17747464

    We perform our own audits of all data and request a justification why it is academic data if it appears to be "Movie 2018". We think the collections model is the best balance betwe…

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    Comment #17746832

    You can browse collections and then order by seeders. Here are some collections I think should be mirrored: http://academictorrents.com/collection/deep-learning?sort_fi... http://a…

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    Comment #17746139

    The data is hosted by the community and we also coordinate hosting from our sponsors (Listed on the home page) We work with academic institutions to ensure they allow this service.…

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    Comment #17745993

    The project is run by the U.S. 501(c)3 Non-profit called Institute for Reproducible Research ( http://reproducibilityinstitute.org ) and this site has an overhead cost of ~$500/yea…

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    Comment #17745918

    Sometimes people upload 1TB files which are not intended to be mirrored or not of interest to many people. We don't want people who donate hosting to mirror this content unless the…

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    Comment #14776182

    I think averaging 2TB of data served a day is popular!

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    Comment #13835288

    There are many torrents of UC Berkeley courses here! http://academictorrents.com/collection/video-lectures There is an RSS feed to mirror the entire collection!

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    Comment #13835287

    There are many torrents of UC Berkeley courses here! http://academictorrents.com/collection/video-lectures There is an RSS feed to mirror the entire collection.

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    Comment #13835282

    There are many torrents of UC Berkeley courses here! http://academictorrents.com/collection/video-lectures There is an RSS feed to mirror the entire collection.

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    Comment #12407890

    This is fixed! We added a new category! http://academictorrents.com/browse.php?cat=7

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    Comment #12386516

    Dr. Cohen! But I don't care about titles. Thanks for posting about it! Do you know a hacker news post launched the site in 2014? I was chatting about it at an event in Boston and s…

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    Comment #12384825

    We have academictorrents.org too!

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    Comment #12384819

    We have not had an issue since 2013. All the content "must be legal to share" as stated on our upload page.