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Didn't last long? > sci-hub.hns/ could not be resolved by HNS.to. Please try another Handshake resolver..
Didn't work for me either. I'm not that impressed compared with my usual technique of going to the site's Wikipedia page to see how to access it. Works for thing's like Sci Hub, Popcorn Time and the Daily Stormer.
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This is actually an awesome tip for sci-hub though that I'll be using.
This problem of publicly funded research only available behind a paywall is a bipartisan issue. The main issue is that there appears to be no movement or effort to push this forward so the public is largely uninformed.
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And they've explained this multiple times. Aaron was given the title of co-founder, but he joined well after the site had launched, and then proceeded to go AWOL and not work for months until he was fired. Given that he was only very briefly involved in the site, it doesn't make sense to call him a co-founder, even if that was his de jure title. E: At the same time, I feel like I should state - Aaron Swartz was a mar…
> Aaron Swartz was a martyr, and I don't mean to disparage him or his legacy. Who killed him? According to wikipedia it was suicide. Did he have a mental issue?
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Yes, my interpretation of his actions is also way more moderate.
His actions in the JSTOR situation were ultimately deemed lawful. But, without passing judgement one way or the other, Aaron's beliefs about free speech and information freedom which informed his activism cannot be reasonably described as moderate.
Can you provide a citation of that? Swartz was overcharged, but clearly unlawful (a breach of contract at the bare minimum).
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And they've explained this multiple times. Aaron was given the title of co-founder, but he joined well after the site had launched, and then proceeded to go AWOL and not work for months until he was fired. Given that he was only very briefly involved in the site, it doesn't make sense to call him a co-founder, even if that was his de jure title. E: At the same time, I feel like I should state - Aaron Swartz was a mar…
> Aaron Swartz was a martyr, and I don't mean to disparage him or his legacy. Who killed him? According to wikipedia it was suicide. Did he have a mental issue?
this is very difficult to correct as many times the target is politically acceptable to many and therefor they just give the DOJ free reign to apply it to anyone they choose.
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Hopefully with Dems in control we will see these companies punished for their bad behavior. Or at least laws passed that make the publication of research more open. The science should be funded and free. The applications of the science are where the money is to be made. These companies are unnecessary dinosaurs from a bygone era. It's time for them to fail and die off naturally. But it will probably take legislation…
> Hopefully with Dems in control we will see these companies punished for their bad behavior. There's optimism, and then there is naiveté.
It is worth noting that this is exactly what Aaron Swartz was bullied to his tragic death 8 years and a day ago. May he rest in peace. And kudos to Alexandra. P.S. Corrected the date, seems like I still live in 2020. Thank you, lazyant.
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> Aaron Swartz was a martyr, and I don't mean to disparage him or his legacy. Who killed him? According to wikipedia it was suicide. Did he have a mental issue?
He was under threat of prosecution from the FBI.
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Hopefully with Dems in control we will see these companies punished for their bad behavior. Or at least laws passed that make the publication of research more open. The science should be funded and free. The applications of the science are where the money is to be made. These companies are unnecessary dinosaurs from a bygone era. It's time for them to fail and die off naturally. But it will probably take legislation…
> These companies are unnecessary dinosaurs from a bygone era. I personally believe this is wishful thinking (similarly when I read about how companies have "outdated business models"). Publishers sell prestigue and attention, and this can't easily be replicated, nor is it unnecessary. The increase in research papers makes them even more valueable in my eyes. This is despite me wanting to see many changes to publishi…
This saves lives. I think we can all agree there are certain things that are a benefit to humanity and we should place these things over profits.
These companies are less valuable than they appear IMHO. These gatekeepers of knowledge. More like stonewallers.
> “The DNS is like a phonebook for the internet. The addresses in the phonebook are the server IP addresses. DNS was created to give IP addresses human-readable names so with our platform, you’re finding the IP address through Handshake, not through a certificate authority ,” Namebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre told CoinDesk. (Emphasis mine.) Did this Namebase CEO just state on record that he doesn’t know how DNS works?
Followed by this: 'Handshake is “is effectively a decentralized domain name server,” Roquerre said.' -- thus implying that DNS is NOT decentralized? The article is pretty bad. For his sake, I hope they are taking his quotes out of context. Because I had a quick look at https://www.namebase.io/ -- and it does look interesting. It appears that they have decentralized the REGISTRY by putting it on the "Handshake" blockc…