I havent seen anyone talk about this yet so im making a post.聽
So lets say you鈥檙e researching something for a paper (or just for fun) and the research paper you want to read is behind a paywall, or the site makes you create an account first, or makes you pay to download, or limits you to only 5 free articles, or otherwise makes it difficult for you to read what you want.

do not fear! copy the link to the article

go to sci-hub.se聽 聽 聽 聽 聽(the url is always changing so its best to check out whereisscihub.now.sh聽to find what the current url is)

slap the article link in there



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