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[–] [email protected] 218 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Oh no, it also looks like I've spilled https://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.

[–] dogsnest 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm sure glad this isn't a Music Forum

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh goodness, looks like I splashed all over here: https://mander.xyz/post/17313841

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

LOOKS LIKE I'LL NEED TO BREAK OUT ZOTERO TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

[–] kautau 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I know this is a helpful community, but it looks like the biggest scam site of all time lol

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The url also sets off so many alarm bells for me. Lol

[–] kautau 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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:

  1. Don't use your actual personal email
  2. Don't reuse a password you've used elsewhere
  3. Access it through a VPN so your IP isn't exposed
  4. 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)
  5. Anything you download, upload to https://www.virustotal.com just to be safe

Realistically you should follow steps 1-5 for most online services, but here we are

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kautau 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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

(Just contexualising.) :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Haha, I know, but it's a good site!!

[–] CaptainPedantic 67 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (9 children)
[–] Entropywins 2 points 2 months ago
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[–] stoly 5 points 2 months ago

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 3 points 2 months 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.

[–] stoly 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] RubberElectrons 8 points 2 months ago

Yep, and a good way to make acquaintances in class if you let everyone know you can be the PDF kid. 🤓

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago

Btw, libgen domains were seized recently. Here are new ones: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26690539

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Snapz 53 points 2 months ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] overcast5348 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
[–] Eiri 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Dadifer 7 points 2 months ago

They did unfederate, so you should definitely not go through a normal web browser.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

you should also avoid the pastebin service Rentry. there are too many people that are MEGA obsessed with making THREADS with it.

[–] alekwithak 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ripped.guide is the place to see exactly where you should avoid. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, would you look at that? Looks like I kicked another mess under the rug. Deary me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I bookmarked it to make sure i don't visit it accidentally.

[–] sceptri 22 points 2 months ago

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)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This needs a crosspost in Piracy

[–] NocturnalMorning 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, piracy is bad you see. This isn't advocating piracy, the professor warned them about accessing the sites.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why is it a problem that you gave anna’s archive 5 £?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Fast downloads are a gateway drug.

[–] cikano 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a continuation of the joke in the image

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Very old post. There is also z- library, I think admins escaped from argentina

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

The second one gave me a message that the domain has been seized. :(

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