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[–] [email protected] 196 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Sci Hub and Library Genesis for those who don't want to feed the leeches

[–] [email protected] 154 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Also, if you're not in a rush, just email the authors!

A vast majority of professors and researchers hate the publishing industry as much as anyone, and will be happy to shoot you a pdf if you're interested in their work!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Exactly. The worst that happens is they say no or don't respond.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The worst that happens is they say no

this is often poor dating advice, but this time it's good advice :)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The truly worst that could happen (in the dating scenario, that is) is that they say yes, but then turn out to be a serial killer and you're the next victim.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

okay but have you ever lived with a serial killer? so fucking clean, intensely discrete.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like living with Jeffery Dahmer would not fit this description.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

okay so there are probably exception, but I haven't met them.

that I know of.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Serial killer dating scientists, unite!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

They will likely say yes, thanks for being interested in my research. If they're like me, they didn't respond because they're overworked and tired, so politely ask one more time

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

When I need it, I know how to pirate, but I am privileged enough in terms of my institution that I can get most of anything I want (I mostly pirate for family needing niche things in engineering, and I am in the humanities). BUT, I had this one occasion that both validated my feelings about the system and fucking infuriated me. A professor from an institution that did not have the right subscriptions emailed me asking for an article I published, because they wanted to assign it for a seminar, but could not legitimately access it. That made me lose my shit. I didn't get paid, neither did the editors or peer reviewers, but you know, god forbid someone read it for free. Which is when I realized I didn't even have final copy myself, so I had to go to JS**, download it, spend some time cleaning the "downloaded from XYZ.XYZ.XYZ.XYZ address at XYZ institution" footers on the PDF, sent It to them and encourage them to further pirate that shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

today i learnt

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"To learn, to learn and to learn"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Also ETC Press at Carnegie Mellon University for a great example of publishers who aren't leeches (mainly gaming related).