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Does the average Joe really reads articles from sci-hub ? The target public of sci-hub should be able to understand how to install a couple programs imo. Windo

by C4stor 6y ago

Does the average Joe really reads articles from sci-hub ? The target public of sci-hub should be able to understand how to install a couple programs imo. Windows 7 has reached EOL a year ago (minus two days), so yeah, maybe it's not very well supported...

BelenusMordred 6y ago
> Does the average Joe really reads articles from sci-hub ? What a ridiculous statement, do you truly want to live in a world where they can't? Most authors on sci-hub themselves would struggle with containers. If a mechanic mocked a room full of people for not being able to change their own oil what would you think of them? Please reconsider such an ideological stance.
- C4stor 6y ago
  Well, no, but they actually can, so it's not the question. I doubt that most people able to read and publish complex scientitic papers would "struggle" to follow what is overall a one page sequence of instructions to enter in a computer. You don't need to understand containers to run docker. I don't really get the analogy with the mechanic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - BelenusMordred 6y ago
    > You don't need to understand containers to run docker. Maybe we live in different worlds but the average (non-cs)professor would very much struggle with this stuff. I've seen some barely being able to use basic programs, they are skilled in very different domains and no one will bat an eyelid if they slowly click on the mouse to copy/paste every day of the week. Rocking the command line is certainly not in their job description for the most part. Even comp-sci academics do work that is horrendously bad and not even close to what would pass in the workplace for an entry level graduate. > the analogy with the mechanic Essentially an adult saying to a group of children "this is so simple for me, what are you a dumbass?"
eythian 6y ago
Define "average Joe"? I haven't been in academia since I finished university years ago, but I'll sometimes want to do some digging around on some topic and get a lot of mileage out of sci-hub then.

by C4stor 6y ago

BelenusMordred 6y ago

> Does the average Joe really reads articles from sci-hub ? What a ridiculous statement, do you truly want to live in a world where they can't? Most authors on sci-hub themselves would struggle with containers. If a mechanic mocked a room full of people for not being able to change their own oil what would you think of them? Please reconsider such an ideological stance.

C4stor 6y ago
Well, no, but they actually can, so it's not the question. I doubt that most people able to read and publish complex scientitic papers would "struggle" to follow what is overall a one page sequence of instructions to enter in a computer. You don't need to understand containers to run docker. I don't really get the analogy with the mechanic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- BelenusMordred 6y ago
  > You don't need to understand containers to run docker. Maybe we live in different worlds but the average (non-cs)professor would very much struggle with this stuff. I've seen some barely being able to use basic programs, they are skilled in very different domains and no one will bat an eyelid if they slowly click on the mouse to copy/paste every day of the week. Rocking the command line is certainly not in their job description for the most part. Even comp-sci academics do work that is horrendously bad and not even close to what would pass in the workplace for an entry level graduate. > the analogy with the mechanic Essentially an adult saying to a group of children "this is so simple for me, what are you a dumbass?"

eythian 6y ago

Define "average Joe"? I haven't been in academia since I finished university years ago, but I'll sometimes want to do some digging around on some topic and get a lot of mileage out of sci-hub then.