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ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by carlossouza »

Osmium wrote: post #24

I am really glad arXiv is getting more funding. It is an essential resource. For me personally, it’ll be really interesting to see if the frontend changes. No doubt there are some important improvements that can be made (a website can always be made more accessible, moderation tools, support for name changes as mentioned, etc.) However, to first approximation, arXiV’s website already seems almost like a platonic idea…

I’ve built a tool using Arxiv’s API to help explore computer science papers:

https://trendingpapers.com/

I hope they keep their great work especially in the API front..

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by riku_iki »

dchftcs wrote: post #105
fpgaminer wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Public money indirectly comes from the most profitable companies (In the U.S.) Corporations only account for 6% of federal tax revenue ( https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/us-tax-revenue-by... ). And probably the most profitable companies are the ones that are the best at skirting corporate tax law...

There's sales tax for customers, income (and payroll) tax for employees, and then taxes on dividends, and then capital gains on stocks. Low-margin SMEs contribute proportionately very little tax compared to Google when we account for tax contribution this way.

Employees payroll and income taxes come before margin?

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by elbear »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #100
chpatrick wrote: post #75

Why do you need $10M to host some PDFs?

Being HN someone needed to make that comment. All tech companies can be reduced to “serving some bits and bytes”

The answer would still be interesting for those for whom it's not obvious. I include myself among those people.

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by akjssdk »

elashri wrote: post #56
lazide wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They just keep their maiden name for science and it seems to work fine?

The standard convention in citation is to follow the format: FI, MI, Last. For instance, if an individual changes their last name from Davidson to Mitchell, the change would manifest as follows: Suppose an author named Susan Thomas Davidson (S.T. Davidson) decides to change her last name, becoming Susan Thomas Mitchell. The citation would then be updated to (S.T. Mitchell). This alteration retains the consistent impa…

Not sure about that, the convention is to cite however someone appears on the paper right? That way everything is consistent.

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by fnordpiglet »

carlossouza wrote: post #111
Osmium wrote: post #24

I am really glad arXiv is getting more funding. It is an essential resource. For me personally, it’ll be really interesting to see if the frontend changes. No doubt there are some important improvements that can be made (a website can always be made more accessible, moderation tools, support for name changes as mentioned, etc.) However, to first approximation, arXiV’s website already seems almost like a platonic idea…

I’ve built a tool using Arxiv’s API to help explore computer science papers: https://trendingpapers.com/ I hope they keep their great work especially in the API front..

This would be great if it were expanded to other subjects as well! Very cool! I’d post it as a Show HN

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by bostik »

mistrial9 wrote: post #5
generationP wrote: post #3

> migrate to the cloud Oh great, looking forward to a captcha every time I download a paper. (FWIW, arXiv is one place I trust not to make such stupid decisions, but migrating to a cloud often means the decisions are no longer made in-house...)

I suspect this cloud move is more for security -- to keep others out -- than to improve the product. As you mention, many decisions will no longer belong to Cornell. This is indicative of larger geo-political trends.

Popping arXiv would be quite an impressive watering hole attack. You wouldn't need to do anything to the site itself, their PDFs are downloaded by a huge number of bleeding edge researchers and technical journalists.

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by afandian »

gerdesj wrote: post #58
elashri wrote: post #54

Some people are angry that arXiv which is probably the most important repository of science are getting public funding because big tech companies are using it to publish their work, and they should fund that from their deep buckets. Are you aware of the consequences of what you are suggesting? If you are funding something, you have some authority over what you are funding. Directly or even indirectly (If you don't fo…

Open Source is ... open source. There is nothing wrong with chucking money at Archive to help with costs, provided that money does not come with menaces. The basic idea is that if you profit in some way from an open repository of ... something then why not contribute to it? If enough people/orgs contribute then we are all good. Otherwise, if the org behind the project is an individual doing it as a hobby and they can…

You may be interested in https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/

Re: ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

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Post by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK »

piperswe wrote: post #109
userbinator wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You must not change history. You can use a new name, but that should be considered a new and separate identity.

So if someone changes their name, they start from scratch? That seems a bit unfair.

If I change my phone number or email, that's on me to notify anyone. I [voluntary] broke the world's consistency, I must repair it. Same with names.
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