Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby
Sunday, 8 July 2018
Ask and ye shall receive
True for most journals, AFAIK. I'd feel really weird asking for free copies of papers you're "supposed" to pay for, though. Downloading them elsewhere is a much better bit of honest villainy.
I actually like to ask if I'm really interested. Sometimes you get more than just the paper, especially with CS/AI stuff where source code/models & weights are way more interesting and useful than the actual paper.
Especially because half the time the source and the paper written about the source seem to share "inspiration" at best.
Rhys Taylor -- I like to use the "Unpaywall" extension for Chrome. If you're on a paywall page, it'll look for a legal and free version of the same paper elsewhere and alert you. That way I know I'm getting it legally and that I'm not necessarily "supposed" to pay for it. And I'm not bothering the author(s).
Due to a small but consistent influx of spam, comments will now be checked before publishing. Only egregious spam/illegal/racist crap will be disapproved, everything else will be published.
I forget this all the time. Even though I’m happy to email my entire goddamn dissertation.
ReplyDeleteI actually like to ask if I'm really interested. Sometimes you get more than just the paper, especially with CS/AI stuff where source code/models & weights are way more interesting and useful than the actual paper.
ReplyDeleteEspecially because half the time the source and the paper written about the source seem to share "inspiration" at best.
Rhys Taylor -- I like to use the "Unpaywall" extension for Chrome. If you're on a paywall page, it'll look for a legal and free version of the same paper elsewhere and alert you. That way I know I'm getting it legally and that I'm not necessarily "supposed" to pay for it. And I'm not bothering the author(s).
ReplyDeleteMichael J. Coffey I didn't know about that. Thanks !
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