Is it stealing to read by the light of your neighbour’s lamp?

Re:Is it stealing to read by the light of your neighbour’s l... by dsr_ on Saturday November 20, 2021 @07:49PM (#29293163)

It's not for their benefit, it's for yours.

Do you want to be known as the sort of person who claims "it's in the literature" but never provides cites?

Or do you want to be known as the sort of person who says "it's at this link"?

Unless you have gained name recognition, HN is a series of games in which you can decide to play or not in any given round, has limited but real downside (in terms of fake internet points), and not very limited upside.

So you can get away with being a defector on occasion, but it's much better to be a cooperator.

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Re:Is it stealing to read by the light of your neighbour’s l... by SubuSS on Sunday November 21, 2021 @10:02AM (#29296604)

The whole citing business has become more of googling your viewpoint and providing the top 10 links rather than actual research. It has been my long standing opinion that this is pretty much the same as replacing your doctor with webmd. Sadly experts can’t be replaced by YouTube education.

Anyway - my first google link - https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/no-vacc...

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