Zoyo14

'Ello there

[zoyo14]

New & Improved:

[zoyo14]

We on Taffy number 5 now, lmao

I actually really like this design, I think it'll stay for awhile

[draculasdaughter]

This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Listen, this is serious.

Do not use the website called Sci-Hub!

It lets people access scientific articles for free. This is dangerous. It helps the free flow of knowledge and reduces the competitive edge of all the people who worked really hard to have been born into a wealth.

Like, it’s literally a website where you can type in the DOI of an article and read it, without ever having to pay the publisher who exploited the author.

So, again, do not, under any circumstance, use Sci-Hub. I mean, can you imagine a world where knowledge is free and easily accessible to everyone? Even, y'know, poor people?

[whateverthebeeswant]

Libgen also has many books online, including textbooks, searchable by name, author, and ISBN. Can you imagine textbook companies not getting their hard-earned income from poor college students? Here is the link just so you make sure that you never accidentally stumble across this horrible, unethical website.

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Oh, and while we’re talking about books, if you’ve managed to stay clear from Libgen, definitely don’t go to zlibrary, where you can also find a lot of textbooks, but unfortunately they’re completely free.

[teachingtales]

Reblogging so you know which sites to totally avoid

[professionalwritingnerd]

[irockasingranite]

Another inside tip from academia: Those papers in really expensive journals that are effectively inaccessible to anyone not in a university network? Depending on the discipline it’s very likely that same paper is on a “preprint” server somewhere, with no access restrictions.

Like if you want to read basically any physics, math, or CS paper, arXiv.org will have you covered, because everyone uploads their papers there before submitting to a journal (and generally updates it after peer review). I know all of my papers are on there. This is such common practice that journals have it baked into their licensing agreements that authors retain the right to upload their work to these places.

So the next time you get hit with that paywall, you may not even need sci-hub, just click the arxiv link on google scholar instead.

[twinkenjoyer-deactivated2023083]

if for some reason none of this works, the old “send a email nicely asking for the paper to the author” is always a good trick. remember most scientists hate the commercialisation of scientific knowledge

[afoxwithpenguins]

Don’t mind me, just gotta share this with my bf so that he knows what websites to avoid

[astudyinpanda]

Many authors of papers are on ResearchGate! You can ask for papers there, if they don’t just post a copy to download. If they’re associated with a college, you can usually find their email addresses in the department directory, also.

[viking369]

Always reblog.

[arbie-anxious-optimism]

I need to keep this in mind

[zoyo14]

Sharing this for all my hommies so they can avoid doing anything illegal

[zoyo14]

Taffy Redesign

we on Taffy 3.75 lmao

[zoyo14]

Item: A Set of Dice Rarity: ⏶ Common

Do you consider yourself a lucky person when playing?

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depends?

[zoyo14]

Item: The Prologue Rarity: ✦ Uncommon

What video game has the best opening scene or level?

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Banjo Kazooie opening jingle my beloved

[zoyo14]

Item: A New Address Rarity: ✦ Uncommon

If you could choose a game to live in, what would it be?

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Animal Crossing, Easy

[zoyo14]

Item: A Well-Trodden Step Rarity: ✦ Uncommon

What video game has the best replay value?

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Fuck if I know man, personally though I'd say solitaire/minesweeper.

[zoyo14]

Item: A Stranger You Meet Along The Way Rarity: ✶ Rare

Favorite NPC of all time?

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My GOAT Tanner the guide from my very first Terraria world

R.I.P. (he died as sacrifice to the wall of flesh)

[zoyo14]

Item: The Scream Rarity: ⏶ Common

What is the scariest game you've ever played?

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Omg, whatever that half live action game is with the hotel and everyone is British... I've never been so paranoid in my life.

[zoyo14]

Chat is this good?

[zoyo14]

LMAO, FIRST TRY

[zoyo14]

Item: The Memory Squeegee Rarity: ⏶ Common

What game would you erase from your memory just to experience it for the first time again?

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Either Star Fox 64 or BanjoKazooie

[zoyo14]

Item: The Couch Rarity: ⏶ Common

Couch co-op or online?

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I don't even know what this means, lmao

[zoyo14]

Item: The Friendship Bracelet Rarity: ⏶ Common

Which game character felt like a genuine childhood friend?

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None of them, but my favorite nostalgic video game character is Fox McCloud, specifically from Star Fox 64

[zoyo14]

soo, Beast Yeast Ep. 15 huh

incredibly, outrageously spoiler heavy, and complaining heavy. continue at your own risk

WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT. THE. FUCK. WAS THAT UPDATE!??!??? ok so pacing, WOW breakneck speeds, goodness gracious. also everyone keeps repeating the same exposition dump like 5 times over in this episode, like i feel like the same points were being repeated a LOT. like DE exposition dumping to Gingerbrave about how hes gonna complete the ultimate cookie, and then Gingerbrave goes in the oven and the Ultimate Cookie exposition dumps about how hes the final ingredient to complete them, like yes, yes i know, he knows, we all know, youve already said this. plot? fucking ridiculous, Sugar Swan pulls up like a self insert Mary Sue, she gets saved, and then she justtt, fucks off?? idk why she was there, honestly. also the fact that NOBODY has ANY reaction to DEC stating MULTIPLE TIMES that cookies were created by the witches to be eaten. but they're still ignorant to the truth? ok. but my personal gripe; WTF DID THEY DO TO SMC????? so all the beasts are dying, damn thats sad they hardly showed up in this episode, oh nvm THAT FUCKING TWINK JUST KILLED THEM ALL OFF SCREEN. WTFFFF. WHO WANTED THAT. AND NOW HES THE MAIN ANTAGONIST??????? HES FUCKING UP TIMELINES LIKE HES THE LITCH???????? WTFFF IS HAPPENINGGGGG. honestly shameful. SMC got so much extra screen time these last couple updates its not even funny. AND THEN HE KILLED 3 OF THE BEASTS OFF SCREEN. and he gets to live, because yes. and now the concept beasts are here, because yes. and Silent Salt merged with White Lily, because yes. and oh, end of the game, credits yayyy. i feel like ending your game with 5 bombshells back to back to back is not great. and i dont even say this because ESC is my favorite and they FUCKING KILLED HER OFF SCREEN. no, like, within the span of like 8 minutes DEC dies, WLC dies, SSC dies, oops all the beasts are dead too because the twink killed them all, oh also now the avatar of freedom is here, oh but also now the twink is like going crazy and turning into a god and the world is ending again!! but also also the witches are doing something to the Ultimate Cookie, oo how mysterious- like, no. thats just, so much. i literally didnt have time to process ANYTHING before the next bombshell dropped. honestly, if this was all buildup to hype the next cookierun game they failed spectacularly, i aint playin' that shit. but yea, thats the 2 cent of a very angry ESC stan. obviously no hate to the SMC stans, this is hate to the writers at devsis.

[zoyo14]

is it just me, or does Sugar Swan pull up like a self insert Mary Sue?