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		bingdig on April 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Get better at Googling I've noticed filetype:pdf no longer really works - tons of sites that require you to sign up for an account before seeing the file. Used to be a great method to find pdfs of textbooks / other resources.

souprock on April 24, 2021 | [–]

Back in the good old days, filetype:exe would actually work.

scrollaway on April 24, 2021 | [–]

These might be shitty websites which employ black hat seo techniques of serving the pdf to google and a paywall to users.

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