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“Why don’t scientists use modern tools like GitHub, instead of these crap bespoke ones? They shouldn’t waste their time duplicating effort.” “Why are scientist
by randomsearch 8y ago
“Why don’t scientists use modern tools like GitHub, instead of these crap bespoke ones? They shouldn’t waste their time duplicating effort.”
“Why are scientists using inappropriate tools? These are for commercial use only!”
In practice, GitHub works fine for collaborative code projects and sharing data over the next few years. If you’re looking to store large amounts of data over long periods, you’re right.
If GitHub don’t want to support science (they’re just a business) then they should stop giving free products to academia eh.
- geoalchimista 8y agoDon't make a straw man argument. I said none of the above. I'm NOT against open science. And I am glad that GitHub supports open science. In fact, GitHub does offer free private repositories to researchers who have an .edu email address.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoI see it mostly as a summary of the "common wisdom"; it has been a mantra for years that you should "just put it on github", but now that Mircosoft has reminded us all of how cynical the world truly is, suddenly the scientists that paid attention before are to blame?
- yodon 8y agoNot cool to insert fake quotes as if you are quoting the person you’re responding to.
- newfoundglory 8y agoI think it's a pretty normal shorthand, especially when readers can see for themselves that you aren't quoting them.