mayo_cider [he/him]

Tbh they already do everything they can, if you ever need a paper, e-mail the author and they’ll most likely send you the “last version” before publication they still hold the rights to distribute

One lecturer actually had notes on their slides for the differences between the latest version of the course book and the one before it, since the latest one wasn’t available for free anywhere but they wanted to use couple chapters from the new book (they scanned and distributed the relevant parts themself)

I feel like most of the academia in the research side would be happy to see it collapse, but the current system is too deeply tied in the money for any quick change

I worked in academia for almost a decade and never met a researcher who wouldn’t openly support sci-hub (well, some warned their students that it was illegal to type these spesific search terms and click on the wrong link downloading the pdf for free)

I love Indian culture and food, back in university I lived, studied and worked with quite a few Indian people and they all were kind, smart and very hospitable

I feel like quite large part of animosity towards Indian people (besides the usual racism) stems from the outsourcing of jobs there, especially with customer service, and even then going for the lowest offer

I’ve personally had both good and bad experiences with Indian customer service, but even with the bad experiences it’s obvious that the problem is a lack of resources and not the worker

Unfortunately people are quick to blame the service worker instead of the organization, and this gives an acceptable excuse for their internalized racism

You said to not base the response on the people we know, but anything that I see from the news or read online doesn’t reflect the people, it reflects the system

The only way to form an honest opinion of a group of people is to meet them, and even if all of those people somehow are the exception to the norm, they still represent and reflect their culture and where they come from

What’s with the comparison?

He just molested teenage boys like most greek philosophers, this comic misses the mark

I can do this with ethanol

So the single wolf is eating multiple times its bodysize before giving up?

The only real leftist

I get the point but the professor was still a dick for taking a life for a sick circus trick

A sick skateboard trick on the other hand…

Renting

Slightly relevant, install firefox and sponsorblock (works on mobile)

Good thing the british royals haven’t had more nazi sympathizers

Oh no i can’t bully people because i lack both personality and skills, this is communism

I don’t want to help the great satan, but this broke me: “around six vehicles were visible, hiding in the foliage”

Have you ever tried to hide something? Make sure it’s not visible

Taking into account all the alchemists that bathed in mercury, spoiled milk is pretty low on the ladder of the shittiest alchemist

Every time this was attempted we chose the language of the worst colonizer at that time

At the core it’s about social contract, and despite all of it’s flaws i think that even the countries in the imperial core have pretty ethical policies around (most) human remains, this is one of the least controversial areas of policy

Unfortunately the change is pretty recent, and all the grave robberies were grandfathered in, so don’t ask for your indigenous grandfather’s remains, it was before the legislation

At this point 22 murders seems like a smart budgetting decision, worst case scenario you’ll get housing for life (if you live in a civilized country)

I’m going to spend the rest of my life developing ui for whales to send intercontinental missiles