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by dmitriz 7y ago
> Then when I submit they'll "proofread" and "format" my paper, failing to spot existing errors, introducing their own, and outputting an ugly mess, maybe with two columns to make it really unreadable. We have be
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by dmitriz 7y ago
And under no circumstances you should tell anyone to edit the URL by inserting their illegal domain name after the article's, as that would directly, and importantly - illegally, download the article.
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by dmitriz 7y ago
> What do you do when you have a branch working on Android and another branch working on iOS and you have deliveries on both platforms? Stop it and focus on one single web app instead that anyone can run. Unless your app is going to be i
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by dmitriz 7y ago
> like Google, the ultimate force for Good in technology Hahaha... https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/ https://twitter.com/hashtag/degoogle
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by dmitriz 7y ago
Fruits are also sources of fructose, especially fruit juices. Veggies juices are supposed to be healthy indeed. But eating raw... what numbers of fruit/veggies you need to cover the same amount of water?
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by dmitriz 7y ago
What would be the use? These are just rough guidelines.
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by dmitriz 7y ago
> bodies are actually pretty good at letting us know when we need water. My body certainly isn't.
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by dmitriz 7y ago
> Most people don't even understand how to listen to their own bodies anymore, and doctors are more concerned with prescriptions that treating underlying issues. Well said! It is the sad truth that doctors can be coerced by private
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by dmitriz 7y ago
It is a variadic function of unlimited number of variables. :)
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by dmitriz 7y ago
> unless i'm having trouble getting it down my throat. If you have to get that far, are you certain to do the best job for your health?
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by dmitriz 7y ago
But many people prefer routine and automation. Routine helps avoid wasting time and mental efforts by staying alerted to how exactly you feel at all times, not to mention the ease to misread your feeling. I can only speak for myself, and fi
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by dmitriz 7y ago
To later become island front?
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by dmitriz 7y ago
Just downloaded the MacOS build (44Mb) from https://download.servo.org/ but can't even start it: "no mountable file system"! What is going on?
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Overview of distribution of costs by 5 main publishers -- Elsevier share is larger than all other 4 large publishers combined: https://oa2020.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/B14-12-Lidiia-Bor...
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by dmitriz 8y ago
> but I am sure we will find solutions to these problems in time. Solutions have been found -- overlay journals: https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/issues/94
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Quote from https://svpow.com/2016/05/22/elseviers-increasing-control-ov... "it’s simply unrealistic to imagine that Elsevier, in controlling Mendeley and SSRN, will do anything other than what is best f
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by dmitriz 8y ago
The figure of 40% appears in quite a number of sources. Do they all make things up? Does the "operating margin" somehow refute it? Does "operating" here mean 22% after subtracting all additional (possibly luxurious or g
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by dmitriz 8y ago
> I feel like you're being deceptive here Giving precise quote with full source link for everyone interested is deceptive? How so? > RELX, the parent company of Elsevier, hasn't been involved in this for over a decade Yes, t
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by dmitriz 8y ago
If publishers play hardball, no researcher will ever work for them as authors, referees or editors. Or they come down to more reasonable prices and perhaps reduce their 40% profits to ones in line with other industries?
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Some longer term solution? https://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/journals-declaring-indep...
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Added value: "The Lancet finds itself connected to... global arms trade: a trade that inflicts physical and social harm in the poorest and least stable regions. Since 2003, The Lancet's owner and publisher, Reed Elsevier, has orga
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Good time to change publisher... https://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/journals-declaring-indep... http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=22162 https://declaring-independence.org/
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by dmitriz 8y ago
How to make journal bundles ("big deals") fair and promote quality? https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/issues/100
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by dmitriz 8y ago
Certainly less in the country where Elsevier has such fantastic reputation :)
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by dmitriz 8y ago
> publishing the same article in two journals is severely frowned upon Posting copy to arXiv or similar is a norm and not regarded as publishing in another journal. In some areas like theoretical physics people read mostly arXiv. It does
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by dmitriz 8y ago
> "require Elsevier/Springer/Wiley/... to include the reference to the free version" And they refuse as long as they can. Because they hold the copyrights and universities have no leverage. The only way to break
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by dmitriz 8y ago
https://declaring-independence.org/
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by dmitriz 8y ago
And here are some responses from editors: https://gitlab.com/publishing-reform/discussion/blob/master/...
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by dmitriz 8y ago
The worst part in most of these "Big Deals" is lock-in taxpayers money without any flexibility to save by cancelling titles of lower value. This is what prevents these funds from being spent on the new innovative lower cost and hi
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by dmitriz 8y ago
> And yet simultaneously, Elsevier has made one of the most aggressive pushes into OA publishing. They are likely the largest OA publisher by article volume today. Yes, they have the most to lose with a big shift to OA, but they also hav

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