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big scary monsters posted:Given that editors and reviewers typically work for free, while authors pay a fee (which can be 4 figures per paper) to publish in a journal, and then the journals turn around and charge the same institutions who actually employ all that free labour tens or hundreds of thousands a year for access, I'm honestly surprised their margins aren't higher. Half the journals don't even have a print edition any more, it would seem like their main cost is hosting. It's impossible to overstate just how exploitative even well-respected and mainstream journals are, let alone the so-called predatory publishers. is it expensive because only a few people will pay before the findings become public though 
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Guavanaut posted:It's very profitable when the state and institutions pay people to create things and then you can pay 50p to copy it and charge £50 to access it. Don't even bother stealing them, just email the author of record, chances are they'll be happy to send you a copy.
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academic papers if you don't have work/uni access, you're not stealing from the people that did any of the work.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Swindon was a husk barely dragging itself along when we went there Saturday. The entire place is covered in grafitti and all the shops in the mall were closed or having a closing down sale. I know it doesn't have a great reputation but it looked like the place was on the verge of abandonment. just to say im enjoying these. why does your partner want to live there?
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thespaceinvader posted:Don't even bother stealing them, just email the author of record, chances are they'll be happy to send you a copy. It's less effort to steal them, and given how often some academics take to respond to emails much faster to.
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:
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Forgive me for dumping personal poo poo here (no, it’s not fudge related) but depressingly enough these days I have very few other people to talk to. We found out yesterday that my wife, on top of having recently become almost non-functional due to depression and anxiety, has a 5cm cyst on her ovary. I’m driving her all over the place today for urgent blood tests and doing my best to be supportive, but I’m beginning to majorly freak out myself. Just had a test for cancer markers and an ectopic pregnancy and off for some more in five minutes. Does anyone know more about this that can tell me that it’s not likely to be cancerous, that it isn’t likely to stop us having kids (been trying for almost a year with nothing other than a super late period a few months ago- which is probably when this thing started) or whatever? Or is that just asking for false hope? Between this, her mental state, the upcoming move, the various dramas with the cats and y’know, the state of the entire loving world we’re both starting to struggle with our will to fight tbh.
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I think ovarian cysts are fairly common? I have one on a nut (a cyst, not an ovarian one) quite inert but still merited a doctor visit to make sure. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cyst/ They are apparently usually non cancerous especially if you are pre-menopausal. Essentially your body is full of pretty fine tubes and likes to fill them with crap so they block up. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Camrath posted:Forgive me for dumping personal poo poo here (no, it’s not fudge related) but depressingly enough these days I have very few other people to talk to. Have a read of this article, may calm your fears about an ovarian cyst somewhat: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cyst/#overview I'm not the useful kind of doctor, but I think she will be ok physically as she's quite young I believe.
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Tarnop posted:Just be ready for the fight to last multiple years, and even if you win they can start the fight over again immediately with a snap reassessment
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Julio Cruz posted:hmm I wonder what happened to "well the government/big pharma will just force them to rush out a vaccine without doing the proper testing" No one I saw was arguing no testing at all would happen, so I think you're just being an arse.
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Sorry to hear that Camrath  On the subject of phone security: you can’t really beat a strong alphanumeric passcode for general purpose, but this is too time consuming for most people who realistically don’t need that level of security. If it’s the police you need your phone secure from it’s essential to not use biometrics. If you’re arrested with a device with biometric security they can just trick/force you to open it - no need for RIPA. If, however, it’s a passcode that’s stored in your brain, they require a RIPA notice to legally compel you to open it. In many cases they won’t be able to get this anyway - last time I was in this situation they handed me something they told me was RIPA but on actual my reading it it was just a formal request that I open my phone. After much confirming that this was not in fact a RIPA notice, I told them to gently caress off and haven’t heard anything since.
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Red Oktober posted:Yeah, that's the one! Fortunately (?!) I was in the middle of building a load of instagram targeted ads when the news came out so I've at least dodged that expense! Nice! I'm not subbed anymore because too many boring pales, but that's still pretty cool!
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On the subject of phone biometrics and people forcing access to your phone, both android and iOS have a 'lockdown' mode that you can enable in the settings. On Android this puts an option in your power menu to lockdown/disable biometrics, I assume it's something similar on iOS. So, if you're expecting to interact with people who may wish to access your phone (eg going to a protest), hit the lockdown button whenever you're done using your phone. If you're unexpectedly interacting with people who may be interested in the contents of your phone the best thing you can do is just hold the power button for a few seconds to shut down your phone - when it reboots the biometrics are always disabled until you enter your passcode. For almost all use cases biometrics and an 10+ character passcode that you only occasionally have to enter are more secure than no biometrics and a passcode that you'll eventually shorten to 4 digits out of frustration having to enter it 100+ times a day. blunt fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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They really are speed running a fascist rogue state https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1303672418947543045?s=19
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How low will the pound go today! How much will Boris and his cronies make today on this.
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Can we quickly summarise the new rules as “you can meet in a group of up to 6, unless there’s a till involved in which case it’s fine”? Because that’s increasingly what it looks like.
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Oh dear me posted:No one I saw was arguing no testing at all would happen, so I think you're just being an arse. So just that it would be rushed and/ineffective? Which still doesn’t seem to be the case, does it?
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happyhippy posted:How low will the pound go today! GBP has dropped from €1.12 to €1.095 since the announcement.
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GBPEUR is crazy, I can genuinely see parity being on the cards in the next year. The fact that GBPUSD is still pretty steady only shows how hosed the US is too.
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Gonna use the Internal Market Bill to meet socially in a group of 7 or more.
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Can someone give me the name of the funds that the brexiteers are invested in, banking on the total collapse of the British economy post-brexit? If I stop buying niche coffees and avocado toast* for a couple of months and used the £000s I would save, I could make a killing instead.  (joking!) *(Disclaimer: I almost never buy a niche coffee out, I usually have a glass of water when my associates are swigging back coffee at £3.95 a cup in costa or nero or wherever. And I have no idea what avocado toast even is - and not interested enough to google.) Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Red Oktober posted:GBPEUR is crazy, I can genuinely see parity being on the cards in the next year. GBPUSD still dropped enough to make me wish I had done what I thought of last week when £ was riding high and stocked up my paypal USD ready to pay my hosting fees next month! Maybe it'll go up again before then.
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It's toast what you mash an avocado onto. Having not eaten an avocado I can't tell you what it tastes like.
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Pilchenstein posted:Neither part of this is true in my experience. I'm 5 months into the second year of my appeal, and have been told that there's no minimum time between a successful appeal and a reassessment
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OwlFancier posted:It's toast what you mash an avocado onto. In my youth, ripe avocado 'meat' with a banana mashed up with extra thick double cream and scattered with cashew nuts was very nice thank you. The tastes blend well.
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That sounds horrifying enough with the bits I am familiar with but I will take your word that the fruit slurry is appealing.
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Julio Cruz posted:So just that it would be rushed and/ineffective? Which still doesn’t seem to be the case, does it? If people thought some testing would be done, you can't argue that they're wrong because some testing has been done. However often you try.
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Smashed avocado on sourdough toast is actually amazing, Hipsters Was Right
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Inspiring to see that they're still sending TV survey men to the door in these precarious times. The shows must go on, as they say.
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The pushback against Smashed Avacados was always mental. It's a nice lunch food (you are just spreading Avacado on toast. Adding a bit of salt, olive oil and tomato to taste.) But it's not ruinously expensive. It's not like those £80 beef sandwiches they marketed to bankers back in the day.
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Am I the only person who doesn't have any form of password to get into my smartphone? It's a recent one so I must have disabled it, though I don't remember doing so. Jokes on you if you try to steal my money, my bank account is emptier than Priti Patel's head and I haven't got an overdraft.
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Personal favourite avocado toast is with finely diced onion & cherry toms & a shitload of lime juice & salt & pepper, on thick-cut farmhouse toast, topped with smoked salmon & a poached egg Yes I like to eat the bougie food items, no I will not apologise
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A bit of budget pate and some stilton on toast. Wakes you right the hell up.
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Lady Demelza posted:Am I the only person who doesn't have any form of password to get into my smartphone? It's a recent one so I must have disabled it, though I don't remember doing so. I used the fingerprint thing once, had a chuckle, then disabled everything. My online banking still uses a physical keypad thingy.
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Are we now listing food that will have to be smuggled into the UK next year?
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beans (backside)
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happyhippy posted:Are we now listing food that will have to be smuggled into the UK next year? 
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Borrovan posted:Stilton will need to be smuugled out of the UK, don't you remember the Japan trade talks Stilton will be the bartering currency. So will pasties and blue passports.
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I'm currently on a 4.5 hour train journey and I can confirm there is less than 6 people on this carriage however I'm still trying to work out how to each my lunch while keeping my mask on.
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SpicePro posted:I'm currently on a 4.5 hour train journey and I can confirm there is less than 6 people on this carriage however I'm still trying to work out how to each my lunch while keeping my mask on. kecske posted:beans (backside)
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