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Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#11

Post by agilob »

andyxor wrote: post #5

join sci-hub rescue mission https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_... there is a new p2p client being developed (in Go) that makes sci-hub papers accessible via DOI https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/ompcvk/need_help_fr... it could use some help with indexing & IPFS integration (or just code review), see e.g. https://github.com/Trim21/sci-hub-p2p/pull/23

With commits like:

* fix (lines changed: +1,645 −95)

* style

* update

* config

* fix

* fix style

I have no trust for developer of this project

Also these are torrents for libgen and sorted by torrents that needs seeders the most: https://phillm.net/libgen-seeds-needed.php

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#13

Post by villgax »

agilob wrote: post #10
villgax wrote: post #6

Pretty stupid of twitter to suspend someone for not actually linking to pirated content. By that logic anyone working on NewPipe/FOSS P2P clients could also be removed if targeted by govts/publishing houses-lobbying

Remember how youtube-dl and torrent tracker nyaa were DMCAed from GitHub?

Only after a lot of heat on HN & twitter did they do anything

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#14

Post by rzzzt »

Beldin wrote: post #9
submeta wrote: post #7

I am no scientist, and I have no access to paywalled platforms and publications. So Sci-Hub is my only available option, and it is increadibly valuable when it comes to doing research on a specific topic. - I can remember the old days of the internet, pre-wikipedia, when encyclopedias were a paid thing. And I did not have the means to subscribe to them. And I remember the days of the internet pre sci-hub, where a lay…

Not to take away from Sci-Hub, but even without institutional access, there are often alternatives: - more and more research institutes have a public repository of articles. - plenty of authors put their own (preprints of) papers on their personal website, a preprint server like arxiv, or researchgate. - lastly, you can mail an author and request a preprint. Not all will reply, but plenty will be happy that someone n…

CiteSeerˣ is a great resource for CS papers: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#15

Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

Beldin wrote: post #9
submeta wrote: post #7

I am no scientist, and I have no access to paywalled platforms and publications. So Sci-Hub is my only available option, and it is increadibly valuable when it comes to doing research on a specific topic. - I can remember the old days of the internet, pre-wikipedia, when encyclopedias were a paid thing. And I did not have the means to subscribe to them. And I remember the days of the internet pre sci-hub, where a lay…

Not to take away from Sci-Hub, but even without institutional access, there are often alternatives: - more and more research institutes have a public repository of articles. - plenty of authors put their own (preprints of) papers on their personal website, a preprint server like arxiv, or researchgate. - lastly, you can mail an author and request a preprint. Not all will reply, but plenty will be happy that someone n…

Imagine if every citation contained a URL: "Email author to request a preprint". Authors often include email addresses in papers or at least an affiliated instution. Their contact information is usually public. Aside from people who have been graduate students not many doing research are going to understand that this is possible. Never have I seen a citations service that makes users aware of it. There must be reasons they dont.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#16

Post by rzzzt »

agilob wrote: post #11
andyxor wrote: post #5

join sci-hub rescue mission https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_... there is a new p2p client being developed (in Go) that makes sci-hub papers accessible via DOI https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/ompcvk/need_help_fr... it could use some help with indexing & IPFS integration (or just code review), see e.g. https://github.com/Trim21/sci-hub-p2p/pull/23

With commits like: * fix (lines changed: +1,645 −95) * style * update * config * fix * fix style I have no trust for developer of this project Also these are torrents for libgen and sorted by torrents that needs seeders the most: https://phillm.net/libgen-seeds-needed.php

They squash commits when PRs are merged and use "Conventional Commits"-styled messages in the main branch: https://www.conventionalcommits.org/

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#17

Post by throwaway-x123 »

submeta wrote: post #7

I am no scientist, and I have no access to paywalled platforms and publications. So Sci-Hub is my only available option, and it is increadibly valuable when it comes to doing research on a specific topic. - I can remember the old days of the internet, pre-wikipedia, when encyclopedias were a paid thing. And I did not have the means to subscribe to them. And I remember the days of the internet pre sci-hub, where a lay…

Support how?

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#18

Post by selfhoster11 »

Beldin wrote: post #9
submeta wrote: post #7

I am no scientist, and I have no access to paywalled platforms and publications. So Sci-Hub is my only available option, and it is increadibly valuable when it comes to doing research on a specific topic. - I can remember the old days of the internet, pre-wikipedia, when encyclopedias were a paid thing. And I did not have the means to subscribe to them. And I remember the days of the internet pre sci-hub, where a lay…

Not to take away from Sci-Hub, but even without institutional access, there are often alternatives: - more and more research institutes have a public repository of articles. - plenty of authors put their own (preprints of) papers on their personal website, a preprint server like arxiv, or researchgate. - lastly, you can mail an author and request a preprint. Not all will reply, but plenty will be happy that someone n…

Those take effort and time (hours or days) to make them work. Sci-Hub type solutions are the only way to make this work at scale.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#19

Post by throwaway-x123 »

Beldin wrote: post #9
submeta wrote: post #7

I am no scientist, and I have no access to paywalled platforms and publications. So Sci-Hub is my only available option, and it is increadibly valuable when it comes to doing research on a specific topic. - I can remember the old days of the internet, pre-wikipedia, when encyclopedias were a paid thing. And I did not have the means to subscribe to them. And I remember the days of the internet pre sci-hub, where a lay…

Not to take away from Sci-Hub, but even without institutional access, there are often alternatives: - more and more research institutes have a public repository of articles. - plenty of authors put their own (preprints of) papers on their personal website, a preprint server like arxiv, or researchgate. - lastly, you can mail an author and request a preprint. Not all will reply, but plenty will be happy that someone n…

I do not know, I use scholar.google.com and most of the publications not accessible for free. It is impossible to ignore a publication if you do not have access to it, it is highly demotivating, like doing something that is already done.

Asking by email.. too many publications at the moment.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

#20

Post by machinehermiter »

As someone who hasn't used social media in 5+ years, what do these social networks need to do to make you quit using them?

There has to be some threshold but I just don't understand how this threshold hasn't been crossed for more people.

I don't want to see Twitter legislated or controlled. The counter balance and equilibrium should be doing crazy things causes a massive loss of users so crazy things do not happen. Twitter is not a public utility like electricity or drinking water. You actually need to drink water.

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