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If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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Maybe I’m being thick, and I apologise, but why not just bookmark tbe IPs?

https://mobile.twitter.com/Sci_Hub/status/933085186614611968 Sci-hub currently does not fully function via IP address.

Is it just because it's virtually hosted?

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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Dear IPFS, Are you a solution to this problem?

I don't know. For addressing individual content via a hash, yes, but I've not been impressed by the underlying usability.

My view of IPFS is that it's an address/directory-level piece of infrastructure that requires a UI/UX layer on top of it that abstracts out the hashes, which are not particularly human-sensible.

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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The simpler solution here is to just put it in your HOSTS file. And you don't really need to put all of them in there; just put in sci-hub.org and use that.

How many hosts do you manage?

Will your hosts file handle 1542 TLDs?

Does your device have a configurable hosts file?

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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post #9

Dear IPFS, Are you a solution to this problem?

I don't know. For addressing individual content via a hash, yes, but I've not been impressed by the underlying usability. My view of IPFS is that it's an address/directory-level piece of infrastructure that requires a UI/UX layer on top of it that abstracts out the hashes, which are not particularly human-sensible.

https://zeronet.io perhaps? Bitcoin public address that can be mapped to a *.bit namecoin domain.

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know. For addressing individual content via a hash, yes, but I've not been impressed by the underlying usability. My view of IPFS is that it's an address/directory-level piece of infrastructure that requires a UI/UX layer on top of it that abstracts out the hashes, which are not particularly human-sensible.

https://zeronet.io perhaps? Bitcoin public address that can be mapped to a *.bit namecoin domain.

I'll pass, thanks.

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

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The simpler solution here is to just put it in your HOSTS file. And you don't really need to put all of them in there; just put in sci-hub.org and use that.

How many hosts do you manage? Will your hosts file handle 1542 TLDs? Does your device have a configurable hosts file?

Is there any device people use for reading scientific papers that doesn't have a configurable hosts file?

Re: If you can't remember what domain(s) Sci-Hub is on why not make it all of them?

#20

The simpler solution here is to just put it in your HOSTS file. And you don't really need to put all of them in there; just put in sci-hub.org and use that.

How many hosts do you manage? Will your hosts file handle 1542 TLDs? Does your device have a configurable hosts file?

Is there any reason for having 1542 TLDs that point to the same address instead of just one, other than wasting time trying to conform to invented but pointless requirements?
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