Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
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Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
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Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#2> The website is blocked in a dozen countries, including Austria, Britain, and France.
In Austria the providers do block it, but it's still reachable via the *.st TLD. Not sure if that's an official sci-hub page or not, but it works.
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#3Submitted URL was https://archive.ph/huNwk. It's ok to post workaround links in the thread, but please don't make them the top level submission. We want the original source for that.
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#4The answer as always to those questions: No.
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#5Submitted URL was https://archive.ph/huNwk . It's ok to post workaround links in the thread, but please don't make them the top level submission. We want the original source for that.
Good to know, thanks.
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#6The article is blocked behind a subscription prompt for me, but it's implemented in a silly way that's trivially by-passable. It's just some js code that checks if you've scrolled past a limit and scrolls you back to the top if so. Anything that removes js from the content defeats it, including Firefox's built-in Reader View.
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#7> The website is blocked in a dozen countries, including Austria, Britain, and France. In Austria the providers do block it, but it's still reachable via the *.st TLD. Not sure if that's an official sci-hub page or not, but it works.
It is blocked in the UK, but only using the usual 'good enough' quasi-voluntary measures that cover the bigger ISPs. It's accessible through my more hacker-friendly home broadband.
Hilariously, it's also available through JANET, the British universities' networking system. So essentially every student and researcher in the country has access from work...
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#8What will happen to research outside wealthy institutions if Sci-Hub shuts down? Are there alternatives?
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#9What will happen to research outside wealthy institutions if Sci-Hub shuts down? Are there alternatives?
Many people work at home now, even if they work at wealthy institutions
Re: Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
#10What will happen to research outside wealthy institutions if Sci-Hub shuts down? Are there alternatives?
Many people work at home now, even if they work at wealthy institutions
That's not really the issue. You would set up a proxy, log with your institutional account... actually even with access the sci-hub UX is vastly superior.