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I don't have a Twitter account, so I can only read so much until Twitter hides the content behind a login/signup screen. Maybe it's just me but I find it ironic

by tuxie_ 4y ago

I don't have a Twitter account, so I can only read so much until Twitter hides the content behind a login/signup screen. Maybe it's just me but I find it ironic that a writeup about preserving content is given away to a corporation that blocks it in this manner.

captbaritone 4y ago
Tweet author here (not op). I'll repost here: The Winamp Skin Museum is powered by a sqlite3 database containing 1.2gb of metadata about 86,000 Winamp skins. It's all exposed in this explorable GraphQL endpoint https://api.webamp.org/graphql https://api.webamp.org/graphql A bit about the data... It includes: * Original filenames and md5 hashes of each skins * Names/metadata of all files compressed WITHIN the skins (file size, date, filename) * Text content of all text files found within the skins * URL/likes/retweets if the skin was share by @winampskins (or on Instagram) * Full metadata/info about each skin's @internetarchive page * Info about manual reviews (good to tweet? NSFW?) * URLs to download skin files or screenshots Kind [of] fun data to comb though (if you're like me). If anyone is interested in getting the raw DB to play with, or has ideas for extra stuff to expose in the graph, get in touch.
- deleted 4y ago
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- tuxie_ 4y ago
  Thanks! That's really nice of you :)
- abofh 4y ago
  I want to know more about the bowling pin man - I mean, there's probably not much more to be said about him, but he raises so many questions!
  - captbaritone 4y ago
    Me too!
not1ofU 4y ago
The zapper function in ublock origin can be used to get around this limitation. Some people on HN alos talk about nitter, I havent used it, but maybe that would work too.
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pvg 4y ago
Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—things like article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tuxie_ 4y ago
  Is it tangential to mention that the content is not accessible?
  - pvg 4y ago
    Yep, lots of moderator comments about it, including specifically twitter. There are workarounds that get posted in thread, use those or post one yourself.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 Using a medium with 140^W 280 symbols limit to convey things larger than that is...
tiffanyh 4y ago
Tip: replace “Twitter.com” in the url with “nitter.net”. It’s what Twitter web should be.
exikyut 4y ago
For reference / FWIW: https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737

by tuxie_ 4y ago

captbaritone 4y ago

Tweet author here (not op). I'll repost here: The Winamp Skin Museum is powered by a sqlite3 database containing 1.2gb of metadata about 86,000 Winamp skins. It's all exposed in this explorable GraphQL endpoint https://api.webamp.org/graphql https://api.webamp.org/graphql A bit about the data... It includes: * Original filenames and md5 hashes of each skins * Names/metadata of all files compressed WITHIN the skins (file size, date, filename) * Text content of all text files found within the skins * URL/likes/retweets if the skin was share by @winampskins (or on Instagram) * Full metadata/info about each skin's @internetarchive page * Info about manual reviews (good to tweet? NSFW?) * URLs to download skin files or screenshots Kind [of] fun data to comb though (if you're like me). If anyone is interested in getting the raw DB to play with, or has ideas for extra stuff to expose in the graph, get in touch.

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tuxie_ 4y ago
Thanks! That's really nice of you :)
abofh 4y ago
I want to know more about the bowling pin man - I mean, there's probably not much more to be said about him, but he raises so many questions!
- captbaritone 4y ago
  Me too!

not1ofU 4y ago

The zapper function in ublock origin can be used to get around this limitation. Some people on HN alos talk about nitter, I havent used it, but maybe that would work too.

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pvg 4y ago

Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—things like article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tuxie_ 4y ago
Is it tangential to mention that the content is not accessible?
- pvg 4y ago
  Yep, lots of moderator comments about it, including specifically twitter. There are workarounds that get posted in thread, use those or post one yourself.

justsomehnguy 4y ago

https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 Using a medium with 140^W 280 symbols limit to convey things larger than that is...

tiffanyh 4y ago

Tip: replace “Twitter.com” in the url with “nitter.net”. It’s what Twitter web should be.

exikyut 4y ago

For reference / FWIW: https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737 https://nitter.net/captbaritone/status/1535471373191028737