Is there a lesswrong archive of all public posts?

nicolas-lacombe

Is there a lesswrong archive of all public posts?

post by Nicolas Lacombe (nicolas-lacombe) · 2023-11-08T19:26:45.030Z · LW · GW · 7 comments

This is a question post.

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like for example: the wikimedia db dumps, or the stack exchange db dumps.

i'd like to be able to browse lesswrong while offline. even better if i can process the data with a script while offline.

it would also be useful for backup purposes: if ever something happens to the site in the longterm, some of it's users might have an exact copy that can be corss-compared and used to restore/share its content.

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comment by Gunnar_Zarncke · 2023-11-09T07:00:55.939Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

There used to be a downloadable archive of all posts on the old LW 1.0 site. I think there was a SiteMeta post about it, but I can't find it, but anyway that link wouldn't work anymore. I think such an archive it's a nice thing to have and also avoids unnecessary scraping.

comment by Nicolas Lacombe (nicolas-lacombe) · 2023-11-08T20:11:02.560Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

@gwern [LW · GW] : is this something you'd be interested in having?

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↑ comment by gwern · 2023-11-11T01:43:35.753Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Not particularly now that GW exists. Its posts are easy to archive, and if I need something, I can always just ask saturn2.

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↑ comment by Nicolas Lacombe (nicolas-lacombe) · 2023-11-11T02:13:09.967Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

thanks for answering. who/what is "saturn2" ?

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↑ comment by mesaoptimizer · 2023-11-11T13:26:41.973Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/66DXhQJyPEJNsXgfw/an-alternative-way-to-browse-greaterwrong-2-0 [LW · GW]

@clone of saturn [LW · GW], aka "saturn2", runs GW