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Why does everyone talk about sci-hub and no one about library genesis? The latter is a way more comprehensive repository.

givepause 7y ago
Because (shh) it's a secret. Survival through camouflage.
- hyfgfh 7y ago
  Yeah, its not like they overcharge for badly written books and also use a scheme with teachers where you have to buy books to pass in tests
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    Did you mean to respond somewhere else?
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auggierose 7y ago
It's kind of complementary. I use sci-hub for everything with a DOI, and for books I use genesis.
- hcs 7y ago
  Check out /scimag on your favorite libgen mirror.
IshKebab 7y ago
Is it really more comprehensive? SciHub lets you get literally every paper that is available even if they haven't already obtained it. That's why it's so popular - you can put in some super-obscure paper from your niche field that only 1000 people in the world care about and it will still spit out a PDF.
- UncleSlacky 7y ago
  I did once encounter a paper it didn't have - in those cases, you can try ICanHazPDF on Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICanHazPDF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICanHazPDF
teekert 7y ago
Do you have a tor link? Also for scihub for that matter?
- robtherobber 7y ago
  Posting links publicly to resources that (allegedly) infringe on copyrights potentially gets users and/or HN in trouble. However, the article itself mentions at least one address you can access and, of course, there's is always the googling option. This is like a semiotics game where we play with the signifier and the signified: http://changingminds.org/explanations/critical_theory/concepts/signifier_signified.htm http://changingminds.org/explanations/critical_theory/concep...
- michaelt 7y ago
  My go-to source for links to piracy websites that sometimes change URLs is Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub
arthurcolle 7y ago
Rule #1 about [REDACTED]: You don't talk about [REDACTED] Rule #2 about [REDACTED]: YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT [REDACTED]

givepause 7y ago

Because (shh) it's a secret. Survival through camouflage.

hyfgfh 7y ago
Yeah, its not like they overcharge for badly written books and also use a scheme with teachers where you have to buy books to pass in tests
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  Did you mean to respond somewhere else?
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auggierose 7y ago

It's kind of complementary. I use sci-hub for everything with a DOI, and for books I use genesis.

hcs 7y ago
Check out /scimag on your favorite libgen mirror.

IshKebab 7y ago

Is it really more comprehensive? SciHub lets you get literally every paper that is available even if they haven't already obtained it. That's why it's so popular - you can put in some super-obscure paper from your niche field that only 1000 people in the world care about and it will still spit out a PDF.

UncleSlacky 7y ago
I did once encounter a paper it didn't have - in those cases, you can try ICanHazPDF on Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICanHazPDF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICanHazPDF

teekert 7y ago

Do you have a tor link? Also for scihub for that matter?

robtherobber 7y ago
Posting links publicly to resources that (allegedly) infringe on copyrights potentially gets users and/or HN in trouble. However, the article itself mentions at least one address you can access and, of course, there's is always the googling option. This is like a semiotics game where we play with the signifier and the signified: http://changingminds.org/explanations/critical_theory/concepts/signifier_signified.htm http://changingminds.org/explanations/critical_theory/concep...
michaelt 7y ago
My go-to source for links to piracy websites that sometimes change URLs is Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub

arthurcolle 7y ago

Rule #1 about [REDACTED]: You don't talk about [REDACTED] Rule #2 about [REDACTED]: YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT [REDACTED]