Closed access academic journals are evil Updated +Created
You are nothing but useless leeches in the Internet age.
You must go bankrupt all of you, ASAP.
Fuck Elsevier, fuck Springer, and fuck all the like.
Research paid with taxpayer money must be made available for free.
Researchers and reviewers all work for peanuts, while academic publishers get money for doing the work that an algorithm could do. OurBigBook.com.
When Ciro learned URLs such as www.nature.com/articles/181662a0 log you in automatically by IP, his mind blew! The level of institutionalization of this theft is off the charts! The institutionalization of theft is also clear from article prices, e.g. 32 dollars for a 5 page article.
Key physics papers from the 50's are still copyright encumbered as of 2020, see e.g. Lamb-Retherford experiment. Authors and reviewers got nothing for it. Something is wrong.
Infinite list of other people:
  • blog.machinezoo.com/public-domain-theft by Robert Važan:
    Scientific journals are perhaps one of the most damaging IP rackets. Scientists are funded by governments to do research and publish papers. Reviews of these papers are done by other publicly funded scientists. Even paper selection and formatting for publication is done by scientists. So what do journals actually do? Nearly nothing.
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Academic Publishing by Dr. Glaucomflecken (2022)
Source.
College puffer jacket Updated +Created
E.g.: thecollegestore.co.uk/products/ladies-oxford-college-puffer-jacket?variant=40590030864549 Black with 5 rows, on left chest "colege name", logo, "Oxford", and right chest optional initials (or sometimes other identifiers/nicknames) to help distinguish from all the other people's identical clothes.
This has a whitelabel version: www.workweargiant.co.uk/product/result-urban-holkham-down-feel-jacket/, the name appears to be "Holkham Down Feel Jacket".
Circa 2020, these are likely given out by each college for free, and are widely used.
If you look 20 and wear one of those, it's almost an ID, you can get anywhere that does not require a key card, porters won't look at you twice!
Microwave transmission for trading Updated +Created
Finance is a cancer of society. But I have to admit it, it's kind of cool.
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Lasers Transmit Market Data and Trade Execution by Anova Technologies (2014)
Source. Their system is insane. It compensates in real time for wind movements of towers. They also have advanced building tracking for things that might cover line of sight.
Shooter game Updated +Created
Ciro's Edict #5 / Not work Updated +Created
I read Human Compatible by Stuart J. Russell (2019). Some AI safety people were actually giving out free copies after a talk, can you believe it! Good book.
Application-specific integrated circuit Updated +Created
Domain Name System Updated +Created
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Updated +Created
Josephson effect regime Updated +Created
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National Security Agency Updated +Created
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Quote by Jesus Updated +Created
Matthew 10:16-23 Coming Persecutions, where Jesus before being persecuted warns his disciples that there is evil in the world and that they must be aware of it, all while being pure at heart:
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Zombie video game Updated +Created
Upside: it is easier to simulate zombies than it is to simulate intelligent humans and make them look convincing.
Downside:
Arrow of time Updated +Created
Browser game Updated +Created
There's a beauty in the portability of browser games.
The fact that the browser is not the main gaming platform as of 2020 shows how crappy web tech is. There is no fundamental reason why it shouldn't be so.
Ad hominem Updated +Created
Design pattern Updated +Created
Public domain archive Updated +Created

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