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[โ€“] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Too many small files, papers need different indexing.

Shadow libraries (like scihub, Anna's archive etc.) are the way to go - as long as scientists don't or can't publish Open Access which is what needs to happen.

[โ€“] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Too many small files

Not as many small files as many games have, and people have figured out how to torrent those... ๐Ÿ˜‚(just compress it in a zip or similar)

[โ€“] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I meant you'd have too many torrents (each consisting of 1 small file)...