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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22010430

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/58093

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[-] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago

Lmao generalise that attitude and trust me you throw away half of the papers out there.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago

For real. Academics are some of the most prolific pirates I’ve ever met. Usually out of necessity because we don’t pay them reasonably or value their work.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

And when there is money it's often earmarked in ways that severely restrict its use for, e.g., paying for software

[-] [email protected] 48 points 7 months ago

Dammit, there goes my degree.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

Better fire all degree-holders right now.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

The academic publishing grift is based on the same "IP" as proprietary software.

Grift recognize grift.

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

You gonna pay rent on their science peasants!

Or fuck u

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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