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Some technical books are too costly for students, especially in third world countries.
So they steal them. Sometimes you need to do what you need to do in order to survive. I'm just saying you shouldn't try to argue that it's "not stealing" if you decide the reward is greater than the risk, or the net benefit exceeds the transgression.
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Some technical books are too costly for students, especially in third world countries.
So they steal them. Sometimes you need to do what you need to do in order to survive. I'm just saying you shouldn't try to argue that it's "not stealing" if you decide the reward is greater than the risk, or the net benefit exceeds the transgression.
A) I can't download book. I go see other book.
B) I can download book. I download it.
If B is the case, my ability to download book did not cause you any loss.
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Thank you so much for your efforts! I have steadily become convinced that we should make a multi-billion year backup of all of humanity's knowledge. All of it. Something that, - is resilient (can survive a nuclear explosion) - requires no power - doesn't require software to read/reboot from - (theoretically) lasts for at least 1 billion years Copying from the Long Now Foundation's projects, I think we can achieve the…
Instead of metal plates with a clear coat, maybe laser etching diamonds? a 5cm square of diamond can store 25 exabytes of data. They will weight less then metal as well. https://newatlas.com/electronics/2-inch-diamond-wafers-quant...
Though other crystals should be highly stable. Quartz seems geologically and chemically stable, plain old glass ain't bad. Something reasonably cheap is probably preferable, both from the cost basis (an expensive-to-create archive is a challenge) and the repurposing challenge (a diamond-etched bibliographic archive might have other appeals to those who chance across it).
Even parchment proved sufficiently valuable that works were often repurposed (and lost) through palimpsests.
Anyone mention Nexus on IPFS: http://k51qzi5uqu5dk9ji4oek1h08rg5ksqc4fjsqtyi43h3z6zuddwpgu... Works just like libgen and is getting larger over time.
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Doomer fatalism is nearly as dumb as sci-fi optimism. It's 100% physically plausible, using technology we have today , to make humanity star-faring. The costs would be exorbitant at this point, but within the reach of human productive capacity (assuming we're willing to ditch the partial nuclear test ban).
The costs are not the problem. We can barely get to the Moon and have no realistic prospect of making a self-sustaining Mars colony any time soon. How is it credible to claim we can build starships that can cross lightyears without technological or sociopolitical problems? The engines - which we're nowhere close to creating - are the easy part.
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That same Postal Inspection Service also had a large role in the creation of the Secret Service. Highly trained and well-armed mailmen :)
One interesting little fact from history is that the Postal Inspection Service was one of the first bulk buyers of the Tommy Gun (Thompson submachine gun). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun#Early_...
(The Post Office was established in colonial times by Benjamin Franklin, the USPSIS precursor was formed in 1772.)
https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-authorities-seize-z-library-dom...>
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Doomer fatalism is nearly as dumb as sci-fi optimism. It's 100% physically plausible, using technology we have today , to make humanity star-faring. The costs would be exorbitant at this point, but within the reach of human productive capacity (assuming we're willing to ditch the partial nuclear test ban).
The costs are not the problem. We can barely get to the Moon and have no realistic prospect of making a self-sustaining Mars colony any time soon. How is it credible to claim we can build starships that can cross lightyears without technological or sociopolitical problems? The engines - which we're nowhere close to creating - are the easy part.
The real question is, is it worth making it a priority?
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> On earth clay tablets have done a great job The ones that survived
Yeah, but they didn’t even try preserving it! Lots were found in average storerooms and so on.
I have tried my best to skim through all the discussions and no one seems to have noticed the demand for zlibrary in third world countries. In a country like China, it is the only avenue for most researchers and students at the bottom to gain expertise. When you talk about classism, you should not ignore such groups.