Check https://open-slum.org/ what's up in the shadow libraries world. Anna's archive & Z-lib has mirrored all of Sci-hub and are indeed a viable alternative.
Why does it show all red for all zlibs?
Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
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#32Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
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its crazy that russian search engine is more "open" compared to US search engine
If by more open you mean not easily censored by anybody but Putin. But it's hard to imagine that it's actually more open by any reasonable definition of that word.
By open, they mean fewer results censored. The west censors more results overall than Russia, kind of like how more UK citizens are arrested for speech crimes than Russians, or kind of like how abortion is more legal in Russia than it is in half of the USA.
Which isn't to say Russia is a bastion of free speech, it's not, you still can't go hold an LGBTQIA2s+ pride parade or publicly march demanding you be given the right to hold the parade in the future without being thrown in prison, but they're a poor case study for authoritarianism when the west is rapidly turning more authoritarian than Russia is, while Russia hasn't really changed much in that regard in the last quarter century or so.
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#34Is Sci-Hub still relevant? Haven’t they been frozen for like 5+ years at this point?
More like: "is Google still relevant?" Specially for the kind of people that browses Sci-Hub. It's been months since I've done a search in ad-ridden Google.
I know lots of people who still use google.
Sci-hub has ceased to be mentioned or considered when scientists/grads I know look for papers. Everything has gone back do “Does your institution have a subscription for X?”.
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#35So we give Russia and China free access to science, while we block our own people? Smart move ... /s
Re: Google removes Sci-Hub domains from U.S. search results due to dated court order
#36So we give Russia and China free access to science, while we block our own people? Smart move ... /s
Interesting, did not think if it that way. I guess why not, with this admin the US is handing China what is left of our scientific lead on a silver platter. Just look at the de-funding of mRNA vaccine research in the US for an example.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
If by more open you mean not easily censored by anybody but Putin. But it's hard to imagine that it's actually more open by any reasonable definition of that word.
By open, they mean fewer results censored. The west censors more results overall than Russia, kind of like how more UK citizens are arrested for speech crimes than Russians, or kind of like how abortion is more legal in Russia than it is in half of the USA. Which isn't to say Russia is a bastion of free speech, it's not, you still can't go hold an LGBTQIA2s+ pride parade or publicly march demanding you be given the r…
“Practical freedom” is a very important measure of freedom. If you are generally more free to do what you want, how much does it matter that you live in a dictatorship? If I live in a democracy with 10,000 laws I can’t meaningful affect with 1 vote, am I free?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
More like: "is Google still relevant?" Specially for the kind of people that browses Sci-Hub. It's been months since I've done a search in ad-ridden Google.
I know lots of people who still use google. Sci-hub has ceased to be mentioned or considered when scientists/grads I know look for papers. Everything has gone back do “Does your institution have a subscription for X?”.
I still use sci-hub because the newer the article, the less I trust it.
I am not a student anymore, though.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
If by more open you mean not easily censored by anybody but Putin. But it's hard to imagine that it's actually more open by any reasonable definition of that word.
By open, they mean fewer results censored. The west censors more results overall than Russia, kind of like how more UK citizens are arrested for speech crimes than Russians, or kind of like how abortion is more legal in Russia than it is in half of the USA. Which isn't to say Russia is a bastion of free speech, it's not, you still can't go hold an LGBTQIA2s+ pride parade or publicly march demanding you be given the r…
Get off it, Russia is arresting people for a single web search: https://zona.media/news/2025/12/10/glukhikh
If you think the West is becoming more authoritarian than Russia, you're either misinformed or lying.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
More like: "is Google still relevant?" Specially for the kind of people that browses Sci-Hub. It's been months since I've done a search in ad-ridden Google.
I know lots of people who still use google. Sci-hub has ceased to be mentioned or considered when scientists/grads I know look for papers. Everything has gone back do “Does your institution have a subscription for X?”.
There is a successor to SciHub which relies on IPFS