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Thoughts on this?

The video is about an hour long.

Honestly, really raises questions about a philosophy of life and how to systematize it.

This is a presentation by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.

You can listen to it while you're doing other things but the slides are interesting to me.

https://archive.ph/cTM0H

https://archive.ph/qvR6N

YouTube is now recommending chemistry.

Walter White would be proud for "applying myself."

Your thoughts on the content of the video? Find it interesting?

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Linked from sci-hub.se when I searched for an unavailable DOI

Sci-Net will ask for a minimum amount of 1000 Sci-Hub tokens to register. The tokens will appear on your account after registration and will be used to reward uploaders. That is the most controversial part: some people argue that Sci-Net introduces paywall similar to publisher.

Even though both might appear similar at a first glance, the differences are profound. Compared to insane publisher paywalls, the entry tax on Sci-Net is symbolic and is not higher than an equivalent of a cup of coffee in most countries. The next difference is that in traditional approach, profits are made by publisher, and ordinary researcher has no control on how the money are used. On Sci-Net, you're using tokens directly to reward uploaders. Payments go to fellow researchers, not to the platform.

But the most important is that publishers will charge for access to the same paper again and again. Sci-Net will only do that once when paper is uploaded and after that, it will remain free forever and for everyone -- even users who are not registered on the platform will be able to access it. That is, all Sci-Net transactions contribute directly to public domain, and the number of knowledge accessible to everyone grows with Sci-Net usage.

The more people use Sci-Hub token, the more valuable it becomes. That way Sci-Net indirectly contributes to maintenance and further development of Sci-Hub.

The only downside is that obtaining Sci-Hub tokens on the Solana network can be a non-trivial puzzle for a user who are new to crypto. But that only makes the process more interesting.

https://archive.ph/w5uBx

"When a comrade flies, it is as if i fly."

China's Shenzhou-20 crewed mission successfully launched on April 24, also marking the nation's 10th Space Day. The China Manned Space Agency said that its crewed moon landing mission is progressing steadily. What skills will astronauts need for the lunar mission? How can younger generations reach for the stars? Zhao Chuandong, a first-generation Chinese astronaut, shares his insights.

https://archive.ph/Crg8B

https://archive.ph/MoFmJ

https://archive.ph/ueh8z

https://archive.ph/57Lg3

China has achieved a significant breakthrough in deep-Earth exploration with the drilling of a super-deep borehole in China's northwestern desert. It has reached the 10,910-meter mark, making it the deepest vertical well in Asia and the second deepest worldwide. Located in the heart of the Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the well, known as "Shenditake 1," is a scientific exploration project. In addition to searching for oil and gas resources, it will be tasked with pursuits such as exploring the evolution of Earth.

The tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who was married to Queen Hatshepsut and ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago, has been discovered west of the Valley of the Kings.

It is the first discovery of a pharaoh's tomb since King Tutankhamun's tomb was unearthed in 1922, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a translated statement.