Recent comments in /f/InternetIsBeautiful

FunkrusherPlus t1_iwscq3a wrote

Semi-related but that website reminded me of a childhood memory I haven't thought of in ages...

Does anyone remember from the 90s these pre-cut styrofoam planes -- usually of WWII era fighter planes -- that you assembled yourself? It was super simple... there were only about 3 or 4 pieces that you attached at the pre-cut notches, and they came in packaging similar to the size and shape of a Hershey's Bar. I remember I used to buy them from the icecream truck as a kid.

Edit: I just did a quick search after this post and it came right up! nostalgic "paper planes" from the past

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LingonberryDry3814 t1_iws14d6 wrote

I’m sure you’ve put a lot of work into this, and it’s hard to hear negative feedback. I hope that with some time and distance, you’ll see how this contributes to misinformation and the general destruction of nuanced knowledge. I’m a researcher. I can see how this would mangle my messages. I’m not impressed.

ETA: I think what a lot of people are reacting to is the claim that you’re getting “an answer”. I’ve been in academia for over a decade. (A) it doesn’t work like that, and (b) I know my students. People love to think they have an answer, when all they have is decontextualized phrase-salad.

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drugsr4lozers t1_iws0syu wrote

Public libraries exist

Internet exists

Free articles on the internet exist

Free internet exists for low income families

Ways to circumvent the paywall exists

Khan Academy exists

Quality YouTube lectures exist

Pointing fingers and calling people whatever “-ists” you’ve heard through the grapevine is a take that is both incredibly narrow-minded, and, well, lazy

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djdefenda t1_iws0c3m wrote

>The issue of getting access to papers and using them for more than just reading them one at a time is something groups have advocated for decades.

I'm going to assume this is all legal issues.

I wonder if you could set up shop in Sweden and let your AI sweep ZLibrary??!!!

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JoshN1986 OP t1_iws08t6 wrote

Do you think we worked to index millions of full-text articles over years to bypass actual thinking, reading, and research? Come on! You're being disingenuous here and trying to tear down work just for the sake of it. We want to enhance reading, discovery, and understanding, so we have made it easier to search or ask questions of research. We welcome constructive feedback, but your example is clearly not an "atrocity," as you describe it. I get it though it's reddit and everyone wants to comment some "gotcha!"

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LeechBydeGrunFretter t1_iws07mk wrote

THANK YOU

In the 90's a relative of mine once handed me a UFO paper plane he'd folded. It was the best paper plane I've ever had the pleasure throwing. It went straight as an arrow at low speeds yet got very good distance.

It's such an old memory and I was so young that the memory of that day had long receded into the back of my mind, only surfacing occasionally with me either dismissing it as a dream or accepting that I'd never find an actual guide to fold it.

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LingonberryDry3814 t1_iwrzpnb wrote

They HAVE BEEN presidents of the US. However, time evolves our understanding of things, and this site you’ve built doesn’t account for that.

You can’t make a “tool” for bypassing actual thinking, reading, and research and then claim that outcome isn’t its intended purpose.

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