Comment by psalminen
4 months ago
I might be missing something, but I still don't get the why. I don't see any "problem" that needs to be solved.
4 months ago
I might be missing something, but I still don't get the why. I don't see any "problem" that needs to be solved.
The article lists the reasons quite clearly.
For everyone else,
The reason is because arxiv is growing significantly leading to 297,000 deficit in operating costs for 2025 alone. Corenell has helped with donation a long with other organizations that pay membership fees.
As a result, donors + leaders of arxiv think it's best to spin off to increase funding.
What is unclear why they need stuff of 27 and 6.7 million to operate essentially static hosting website in 2026.
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Now they're going to have a deficit of 600,000 in operating costs.
> The reason is because arxiv is growing significantly leading to 297,000 deficit in operating costs for 2025 alone.
Dollars? So 300 people's cable bill? That's basically nothing. They're spending too much, and it's still nothing, and the solution is going to be to privatize it and eventually loot it.
You can't hand out a collection plate and get $300K for Arxiv? Your local neighborhood church can. Civilization is obviously collapsing.
I think the problem described in 6th paragraph needs to be solved.