my essay is due tonight fuck you

  • shishkebab [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The night an essay is due is not the time to learn BibTeX , but you'll never have to deal with CitationMachine again

    I also like Zotero for tracking citations, and it can export BibTeX

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Citation formats are honestly so dumb. Just let us list out the fields! "Author: blah, Date published: blah, Title: blah". The formats you have to put stuff in are so dumb and nonsensical and unreadable too. It's like they're designed to be elitist gatekeeping things that no one understands. I think the specification for some of them isn't even free lmao. Like it isn't even publicly specified. Literally the dumbest thing ever. It's like creating an API for a software product but not publishing the API anywhere.

  • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Just like with Grammerly, these companies don't exist for your benefit.

    Sounds like a good deal on the surface but there's always a catch that just completely fucks you over.