Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have horrible UI?

Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by mahmud on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @05:41AM (#1782822)

Oh, I stand corrected then.

I discovered ArXiv over a decade ago, but from early on, it was filled with people of questionable insight, if not sanity, and I began to avoid it. There are some notorious USENET trolls who used it to build their credibility, and it kept me away since.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by nagrom on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @06:19AM (#1782869)

It's got no data quality checks, so you need to use it with caution, but something like http://arxiv.org/list/hep-ex/recent is a really nice tool for High Energy Physics (you can see quite a few of the first results from the LHC there, for example, without paying any journal subs.)

But it's a much better academic tool than a commercial one, and I would not be surprised that a lot of cranks put stuff up there and claim respectability by association, especially in theory or mathematics.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by JoachimSchipper on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @08:48AM (#1783125)

Actually, getting your paper into arXiv isn't that easy - IIRC, it essentially requires you to work at a university.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the websites that you rely on but have h... by nagrom on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @09:15AM (#1783201)

I think that you must register as being present at an institution, but I am not sure how strongly they check that information. Maybe they take your subs off if you are caught lying, but what are the chances of being caught?

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