bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
on 28 Aug 2024 12:47
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For those of you that have yet to embark on your secondary education, this is how you know you’ve got a champ of a professor
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
on 28 Aug 2024 12:52
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Yep, and a good way to make acquaintances in class if you let everyone know you can be the PDF kid. 🤓
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 28 Aug 2024 12:53
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Oh no, it also looks like I’ve spilled www.smartquantai.com over there. What a disaster, don’t look at that mutual aid community for hard to find papers; it’s full of communists and anarchists. Next thing you know, they will be screaming Kropotkin quotes… Cannot have that kind of radical behaviour in a science community after all.
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 28 Aug 2024 13:01
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Yeah lol the URL doesn’t match the page title which doesn’t match whatever wosonhj.com is. According to their DNS, some Chinese organization.
It links to a fake version of libgen populated with ads
(And sadly instead of re-hosting all 550+ TB of libgen for downloads they force the downloads through libgen’s servers while throwing ads on top of their fake UI)
It links to a fake version of sci hub populated with ads
(Most of these all flowing into mobang.top, another throwaway url with Chinese DNS)
I’m sure it’s a helpful site, but I’d recommend people accessing it:
Don’t use your actual personal email
Don’t reuse a password you’ve used elsewhere
Access it through a VPN so your IP isn’t exposed
Ensure you are running malware protection (the built in malware protection on windows or mac is likely fine) (and otherwise yes, I know you use arch, and if you use nix you’re too busy modifying one of your .nix files to even read this)
It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don’t use it, just be cautious
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 28 Aug 2024 18:39
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(Just contexualising.) :)
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 28 Aug 2024 15:31
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Haha, I know, but it’s a good site!!
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
on 28 Aug 2024 14:23
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One of my professors wrote the textbook we were using. Before the first day of class, he sent out a greeting email. Attached to that email was a .PDF of the textbook. Hell yeah.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 28 Aug 2024 14:42
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That’s really rare. Back when I was in school the professor who taught the class and wrote the book would, every year, change enough of it to sell a new addition. Either move the sections around or change the problems.
Just so he could make more money.
It was a calculus class.
Fuck him.
klemptor@startrek.website
on 28 Aug 2024 15:07
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Oh man. In undergrad I had a Thermodynamics professor who used the DRAFT VERSION of his textbook to teach with. It was completely unedited and he expected us to catch any errors. He was also like 80 years old, doddering, hard of hearing, forgetful, didn’t give us a syllabus until halfway through the semester… It’s the only class in undergrad that I got less than a B in. Years later I still resent him lol
el_abuelo@programming.dev
on 28 Aug 2024 22:34
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Entropy man. It’s a bitch.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2024 06:58
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Entropy Man!
Vorticity@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2024 07:13
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Entropy Man would be a scary accidental villain. Just random acts of chaos as they go through life until enough shit goes wrong and they become persecuted. The they learn to use their powers for revenge against an unjust society.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2024 07:19
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I’m just imagining a very old man in a threadbare cape.
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org
on 29 Aug 2024 10:00
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I give you permission to stop caring about that grade and to forgive someone who was surely on the way out after your class. The likelihood is that he died years ago.
CptEnder@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2024 18:53
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Ha hell yeah. My dad did adjunct work for a while while working for the gov. He declined profits from his textbook and gave it out free to his students as he thought it was unethical. The copies the gov bought for their cont ed courses he gladly accepted the profits from though lmao my dad’s a real one.
It’s more of a grad school thing but I’ve had professors just give us all physical copies of their book because they have too many cases of free copies at home.
FridaG@reddthat.com
on 28 Aug 2024 12:51
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Why is it a problem that you gave anna’s archive 5 £?
fossilesque@mander.xyz
on 28 Aug 2024 12:53
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grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
on 28 Aug 2024 22:39
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You can also ask a librarian for help. We like finding things and might be able to get a copy through interlibrary loan or other connections. We also like girl scout cookies, especially the ones with coconut.
Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Aug 2024 11:51
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If you are are doing any kind of learning (as a citizen or registered student) your local librarian, particularly your local academic librarian, is your best friend and you just don’t know it yet. Introduce yourself, and come with questions.
But don’t neglect your public librarians either - that light I saw in their eyes when asking about an obscure service they offered stuck with me.
limelight79@lemm.ee
on 28 Aug 2024 15:05
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The second one gave me a message that the domain has been seized. :(
higgsboson@dubvee.org
on 29 Aug 2024 12:35
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That’s to be expected. It’s probably an oldish image. Libgen (and Anna’s Archive, et al) have periodically drawn attention from prosecutors, not unlike other so-called “piracy” sites. I wish I had enough storage and upstream to seed their torrents. In particular, Anna’s Archive has ebooks of old books I’ve never been able to find elsewhere, regardless of price. I wish libgen had been around when I was in college.
anzo@programming.dev
on 28 Aug 2024 15:08
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Wow that’s a 404 for me. Looks like maybe the lemmy.world instance has made that choice for me.
Thank god I’m protected! I would have to create a new account on another instance to lose that protection, which is, uh, good, because…
Anyway I forgot what I was saying.
Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml
on 29 Aug 2024 13:04
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Reddit.com/r/piracy is also a good place to avoid. Especially their well documented megawiki with lists of loads of sites that facilitate copyright infringement for all forms of media. Avoid at all costs.
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For those of you that have yet to embark on your secondary education, this is how you know you’ve got a champ of a professor
Yep, and a good way to make acquaintances in class if you let everyone know you can be the PDF kid. 🤓
Oh no, it also looks like I’ve spilled www.smartquantai.com over there. What a disaster, don’t look at that mutual aid community for hard to find papers; it’s full of communists and anarchists. Next thing you know, they will be screaming Kropotkin quotes… Cannot have that kind of radical behaviour in a science community after all.
Oh goodness, looks like I splashed all over here: mander.xyz/post/17313841
LOOKS LIKE I’LL NEED TO BREAK OUT ZOTERO TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
Goddamn, butterfingers!
I’m sure glad this isn’t a Music Forum
I know this is a helpful community, but it looks like the biggest scam site of all time lol
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c9cda9f8-2f7d-40ce-b2f8-b1e16876f07b.png">
The url also sets off so many alarm bells for me. Lol
Yeah lol the URL doesn’t match the page title which doesn’t match whatever
wosonhj.comis. According to their DNS, some Chinese organization.It links to a fake version of libgen populated with ads
(And sadly instead of re-hosting all 550+ TB of libgen for downloads they force the downloads through libgen’s servers while throwing ads on top of their fake UI)
It links to a fake version of sci hub populated with ads
(Most of these all flowing into mobang.top, another throwaway url with Chinese DNS)
I’m sure it’s a helpful site, but I’d recommend people accessing it:
Realistically you should follow steps 1-5 for most online services, but here we are
It used to be at that URL, and that URL redirects to it. They recently updated it and I am unsure where they are taking it.
It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don’t use it, just be cautious
(Just contexualising.) :)
Haha, I know, but it’s a good site!!
One of my professors wrote the textbook we were using. Before the first day of class, he sent out a greeting email. Attached to that email was a .PDF of the textbook. Hell yeah.
That’s really rare. Back when I was in school the professor who taught the class and wrote the book would, every year, change enough of it to sell a new addition. Either move the sections around or change the problems.
Just so he could make more money.
It was a calculus class.
Fuck him.
Oh man. In undergrad I had a Thermodynamics professor who used the DRAFT VERSION of his textbook to teach with. It was completely unedited and he expected us to catch any errors. He was also like 80 years old, doddering, hard of hearing, forgetful, didn’t give us a syllabus until halfway through the semester… It’s the only class in undergrad that I got less than a B in. Years later I still resent him lol
Entropy man. It’s a bitch.
Entropy Man!
Entropy Man would be a scary accidental villain. Just random acts of chaos as they go through life until enough shit goes wrong and they become persecuted. The they learn to use their powers for revenge against an unjust society.
I’m just imagining a very old man in a threadbare cape.
Like Martin Short’s character in Pure Luck?
<img alt="" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjdjZmRiOGMtNTc4Ny00MGM0LTk3YTEtNDQwNTA1NmQ1MTAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI1Mzg0ODA5._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg">
OMG somebody else knows this movie!!! :D
My dad would always laugh to the point of wheezing at the bee sting bit…
Are you a brother I didn’t know about?!
My Dad does the same thing!
He doesn’t even need to be watching the movie. I can just say, ‘Hey remember Martin Short getting stung in that movie?’ And he’ll start guffawing.
Show this to yer Pa!
<img alt="" src="https://media1.tenor.com/m/sIlC2zwkzwcAAAAd/pure-luck-martin-short.gif">
Hahaha sorry for taking so long to reply!
Thanks for making my day bro. What an unusually goofy thing to connect over. This is why the Internet can be great. :)
Man, I can’t tell you how much I really wish I could. Thanks for re-unlocking this treasured memory for me, bro. I mean it! 🥲
Please do me a huge favor and give your Ol’ Man a big bear hug for me, kay? Or give him a call or whatever. Bet it’ll make his day. :)
Haha maybe you can bond over Innerspace too, if you haven’t seen it. We liked that one too. XD Martin Short is a legend hahaha.
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/dbc48242-f539-4dcc-ac73-6f484679f3bb.jpeg">
i first read it as CUCK
Hmm…
I give you permission to stop caring about that grade and to forgive someone who was surely on the way out after your class. The likelihood is that he died years ago.
Ha hell yeah. My dad did adjunct work for a while while working for the gov. He declined profits from his textbook and gave it out free to his students as he thought it was unethical. The copies the gov bought for their cont ed courses he gladly accepted the profits from though lmao my dad’s a real one.
It’s more of a grad school thing but I’ve had professors just give us all physical copies of their book because they have too many cases of free copies at home.
Why is it a problem that you gave anna’s archive 5 £?
Fast downloads are a gateway drug.
It’s a continuation of the joke in the image
…or kneecapping it.
This needs a crosspost in Piracy
Did ya one better: mander.xyz/post/17313972?scrollToComments=true
No, piracy is bad you see. This isn’t advocating piracy, the professor warned them about accessing the sites.
<img alt="" src="https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/b3c413fd-4757-4c39-a613-30c4cd7405f6.png">
You can also ask a librarian for help. We like finding things and might be able to get a copy through interlibrary loan or other connections. We also like girl scout cookies, especially the ones with coconut.
If you are are doing any kind of learning (as a citizen or registered student) your local librarian, particularly your local academic librarian, is your best friend and you just don’t know it yet. Introduce yourself, and come with questions.
But don’t neglect your public librarians either - that light I saw in their eyes when asking about an obscure service they offered stuck with me.
The second one gave me a message that the domain has been seized. :(
That’s to be expected. It’s probably an oldish image. Libgen (and Anna’s Archive, et al) have periodically drawn attention from prosecutors, not unlike other so-called “piracy” sites. I wish I had enough storage and upstream to seed their torrents. In particular, Anna’s Archive has ebooks of old books I’ve never been able to find elsewhere, regardless of price. I wish libgen had been around when I was in college.
Btw, libgen domains were seized recently. Here are new ones: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26690539
I’ll just recommend Anna’s archive… And we all know which Anna I’m talking about (if not, than google and you shall see)
I don’t suppose your professor teaches a class in film too and also knows where I SHOULD AVOID PIRATING TV SHOWS?
It’s been a long time and I’m not sure which waters are safe to sail anymore.
Ripped.guide is the place to see exactly where you should avoid. :)
Well, would you look at that? Looks like I kicked another mess under the rug. Deary me.
I bookmarked it to make sure i don’t visit it accidentally.
Please do not visit lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy
you should also avoid the pastebin service Rentry. there are too many people that are MEGA obsessed with making THREADS with it.
Wow that’s a 404 for me. Looks like maybe the lemmy.world instance has made that choice for me.
Thank god I’m protected! I would have to create a new account on another instance to lose that protection, which is, uh, good, because…
Anyway I forgot what I was saying.
Reddit.com/r/piracy is also a good place to avoid. Especially their well documented megawiki with lists of loads of sites that facilitate copyright infringement for all forms of media. Avoid at all costs.
They did unfederate, so you should definitely not go through a normal web browser.
This is horrible. I’m going to download a bunch of these PDFs so that there are less copies available for other dishonest people to download.
I’m doing my part!
Very old post. There is also z- library, I think admins escaped from argentina