Talk:2085: arXiv

2018-12-17T11:54:08Z

172.69.186.28:

To be fair, the UI is so bad that that alone is barrier enough for downloading the pdf. :D Also, people might now fight me, because it's really easy if you know what to do. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 19:03, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

What fields are they taking about? Which have been most open to sites like arXiv and which have been most reluctant? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.161|108.162.246.161]] 19:46, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

:I know that pretty much every astronomy paper is on arXiv.

It appears this comic may be referencing current events where academics are pushing for more open access publishing and publishers are balking. In particular, see this article in [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/12/13/university-california-challenges-elsevier-over-access-scholarly-research the December 13th issue of Inside Higher Ed]. Some key quotes from the article:

: ''The California system wants to fundamentally alter how it pays for journal content from publishers like Elsevier and to accelerate open-access publishing in the process. The UC system wants to do more to make publicly funded research freely accessible to the public.''

: ''If an agreement is not reached before the deadline, then as soon as Jan. 1, 2019, the 69,000 faculty members and 238,000 students in the UC system may no longer have access to new articles published in over a thousand Elsevier journals, including Lancet and biology journals published through Cell Press.''

: ''It’s certainly the case that major publishers have not embraced these types of agreements,” said MacKie-Mason. “Springer Nature has been more agreeable to contracts of this sort, but many are moving slowly, or actively opposing.”''

[[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.96|162.158.106.96]] 20:43, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

:A group of publishing companies are currently taking legal action against websites that share published papers unofficially [http://www.responsiblesharing.org/coalition-statement/]. I don't know if this applies to the ones mentioned in the comic, but it partly comes down to whether the article is in it's final 'published' format which is copyright of the journal, or an earlier pre-print version not using the publisher's template where the copyright may still be owned by the authors. On the other hand, some publishers have embraced the pre-print model and created their own servers [https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemistry-preprint-server-plan-generates-sparks/1017239.article]. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.178|162.158.34.178]] 21:13, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

: Propably also interesting https://www.projekt-deal.de/about-deal [[Special:Contributions/162.158.202.52|162.158.202.52]] 04:54, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Here is information on how preprints are different than peer-reviewed publications http://holly.witteman.ca/index.php/2017/12/11/getting-access-to-paywalled-papers/

'''Can someone deduce the field Ponytail is working on?'''

Talk:1999: Selection Effect

2018-05-30T08:03:34Z

172.69.186.28: added comment

The selection effect is a bias in the results of a study because the study participants are not a random sample of the general population. For example, a study performed on college students may be biased toward better-educated people, or a study on social interaction may be affected by how many participants have the same first language as the investigators.

[[User:The Dining Logician|The Dining Logician]] ([[User talk:The Dining Logician|talk]]) 19:17, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

One more comic until we hit 2000!
Which means on July 11th, the comic number will finally match up with the date (and will certainly be the only time ever). Like an eclipse!
[[User:Some Commenter|Some Commenter]] ([[User talk:Some Commenter|talk]]) 12:23, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

:Just 49 to go until a big round-number milestone! (and just 1 until a big round number kilometerstone) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.4|172.68.54.4]] 21:54, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

:Well, arguably only two more to go, as there was no comic for #404 (Found this out on accident a few minutes ago looking for something unrelated.) But that means the 1000th comic was the 999th too.[[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 12:47, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

There was no comic #404 because Randall intended the "Page Not Found" error as comic #404. [[User:The Dining Logician|The Dining Logician]] ([[User talk:The Dining Logician|talk]]) 20:18, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

As I recall Mr Munroe's 404th comic was something that he created to mess with us: I remember being surprised by it, looking at the source code of the page and deciding that it was not an error. SDT [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.52|108.162.216.52]] 02:25, 30 May 2018 (UTC) addendum: a /very/ good April fool's joke: Even if it wasn't (it was) he's still got me ;p SDT [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.52|108.162.216.52]] 02:39, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

I don't think escaping from MRI is that easy. There is reason why it's known to be problem for claustrophobic people. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:46, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
:It it not that it is hard to escape from an MRI, unless you are somehow restrained or disabled. It is just that it feels that way because your head is in a tunnel. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.220|141.101.88.220]] 13:31, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
:Is it dangerous to leave an MRI mid-scan? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.115|172.68.189.115]] 18:57, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
It could be if your escape attempt brings something metallic into the MRI field. [[User:The Dining Logician|The Dining Logician]] ([[User talk:The Dining Logician|talk]]) 19:37, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Should we mention trivia of comics using the same platform? https://xkcd.com/1781/ [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.252|172.68.65.252]] 16:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

https://xkcd.com/1453/ is a simliar, meta-research thing comic. There seems to be several of these now, perhaps a category or at least a mention should be appropriate? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.186.28|172.69.186.28]] 08:03, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:2085: arXiv

Talk:1999: Selection Effect