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"zomg russian cyber criminals are using free books to fund their lavish lifestyles!!!!!!1!1!!!!1! you should go support ~~corporate rent seeking publishers~~ 'creators' by paying thousands for basic knowledge!!!11"

this shit sounds like it was written by a middle schooler making a history presentation. it's hilarious

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[–] [email protected] 132 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Seems like a fairly reasonable way to live. Is that supposed to look lavish?

Let's see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Let’s see the lifestyles of the CEOs for Springer, Wiley, and Elsevier for comparison.

FBI be like:

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

There's a rainbow. Its so gay! Therefore ... wrong!!!111

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Those fucks forcing money into their pockets from science are the absolute dregs of society. I actually respect angel investors more since maybe they made a good decision with their money (that feels gross to just type, even!). The fact that a select few companies are able to make science pay to win is absolutely sickening.

This is coming from someone that never even graduated college, let alone spending time in academia.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's see Paul Allen's lifestyle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It even has a watermark.