I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
The Economist is particularly easy though - just turn off JavaScript.
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Anal oxygen administration may save lives
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#12I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
Is there a tool to bypass paywalls?
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#13The rectum is an interesting place. You can apparently also absorb water there, if you are severely dehydrated and unable to hold anything down (eg seasick). All you need, the saying goes, is a funnel and a friend..
full disclosure: I've not tried that!
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#14I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
You could consider buying a subscription? I often see links on HN from places I subscribe to, so maybe the people who are voting are actually reading these articles and want to share and discuss them with the rest of the community?
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#15I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
Quality journalism needs to be paid, though paid how is an open question
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#16I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you should have noticed that most news publications are now paywalled. It's annoying but you can't just ban journalism. Blogs are dead, smaller websites are drowned by spam and new search engine "algorithms", and if you want a somewhat authoritative news piece you'll find yourself increasingly having to go behind a paywall. What would be nice to see is a universal micropayment…
There is one, called, err, coil. Coil.com
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#17My wife had toxicology courses and one of the things the lecturer said it's that the rectum is interesting because of its absorbtion capacitors that are not hampered by the body.
Alcohol is one example, where you can die of intoxication, while if you have taken it the more traditional way your body would have reacted earlier to get it out.
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#18I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
You could consider buying a subscription? I often see links on HN from places I subscribe to, so maybe the people who are voting are actually reading these articles and want to share and discuss them with the rest of the community?
I just wish I didn’t need to buy separate subscriptions for each publication. If I’m only reading one off articles from each based on others’ recommendations the individual publication subscription doesn’t really express what I’m trying to achieve.
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#20Jokes aside, when would this be useful? I can't think of many situations where a patient wouldn't be able to breathe but was still alive. Some burn victims I guess?