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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by magnio on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:22AM (#47453092)
They do have their own: https://hal.science/

It is actually quite common to come across HAL in subfields of mathematics in my experience.

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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by bjourne on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:18AM (#47453524)
HAL is decidedly second-tier. Given the option, everyone would pick arXiv over HAL. Hence, HAL hosts lots of stuff that didn't (even) make it to arXiv => lots of subpar dredge.
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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by linhns on Friday March 20, 2026 @12:11PM (#47456673)
I agree that dredge is a huge problem with HAL, but it's getting better. While arXiv is still stuck with a unfriendly UI.
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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by Miraltar on Friday March 20, 2026 @08:44AM (#47453753)
> HAL is decidedly second-tier. Given the option, everyone would pick arXiv over HAL.

Can you elaborate on that?

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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by renewiltord on Friday March 20, 2026 @09:59AM (#47454592)
That’s great. People will use whichever one is better.
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Re:ArXiv Declares Independence from Cornell by swiftcoder on Friday March 20, 2026 @01:08PM (#47457499)
Turns out that "better" for many people means "better moderated", since static hosting is hard to differentiate. And at present Arxiv is winning that one (at the expense of considerably higher running costs due to said moderation)
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