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He died (2013) after libgen was created (2008).

by klntsky 1y ago

arcanemachiner 1y ago
Yeah but did he die before anybody actually knew about it?
- jay_kyburz 1y ago
  Is lib still around anymore. I can't find any functioning urls
  - kibae 1y ago
    There are mirrors on its' wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
  - awesome_dude 1y ago
    I believe that there's a reddit sub that keeps people up to date with what URLs are, or are not, functioning at any given point in time
  - pxx 1y ago
    libgen.help is frequently updated
  - griffzhowl 1y ago
    Recent MEGATHREAD on status of libgen and alternatives https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/1n4vjud/megathread_status_of_libgen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/1n4vjud/megathread_...
    - karahime 1y ago
      It's in the megathread linked in this comment, but I want to specifically point to https://open-slum.org/ https://open-slum.org/ which is basically a status page for different sites dedicated to this purpose, and which I've found helpful.
      - jychang 1y ago
        Lol. I opened that link and was like "hmmm, that UI looks familiar". I'm pretty sure that's just a frontend for Uptime Kuma https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
  - hayleox 1y ago
    Anna's Archive includes all of libgen and a lot more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive
  - fph 1y ago
    Life pro tip: the Wikipedia pages for Libgen and Scihub contain up-to-date current links in the right sidebar. Only for the purpose of information and documentation, of course.
- edgineer 1y ago
  I knew about library genesis by 2012. It was at least 10 TiB large by then, IIRC. With the amount of Russian language content I got the impression it was more popular in that sphere, but an impressive collection for anyone and not especially secret.
  - h2zizzle 1y ago
    To be fair, he might have been rather preoccupied at that time.
ants_everywhere 1y ago
I had no idea libgen was that old, thanks!

He died (2013) after libgen was created (2008).

arcanemachiner 1y ago

Yeah but did he die before anybody actually knew about it?

jay_kyburz 1y ago
Is lib still around anymore. I can't find any functioning urls
- kibae 1y ago
  There are mirrors on its' wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
- awesome_dude 1y ago
  I believe that there's a reddit sub that keeps people up to date with what URLs are, or are not, functioning at any given point in time
- pxx 1y ago
  libgen.help is frequently updated
- griffzhowl 1y ago
  Recent MEGATHREAD on status of libgen and alternatives https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/1n4vjud/megathread_status_of_libgen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/1n4vjud/megathread_...
  - karahime 1y ago
    It's in the megathread linked in this comment, but I want to specifically point to https://open-slum.org/ https://open-slum.org/ which is basically a status page for different sites dedicated to this purpose, and which I've found helpful.
    - jychang 1y ago
      Lol. I opened that link and was like "hmmm, that UI looks familiar". I'm pretty sure that's just a frontend for Uptime Kuma https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
- hayleox 1y ago
  Anna's Archive includes all of libgen and a lot more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive
- fph 1y ago
  Life pro tip: the Wikipedia pages for Libgen and Scihub contain up-to-date current links in the right sidebar. Only for the purpose of information and documentation, of course.
edgineer 1y ago
I knew about library genesis by 2012. It was at least 10 TiB large by then, IIRC. With the amount of Russian language content I got the impression it was more popular in that sphere, but an impressive collection for anyone and not especially secret.
- h2zizzle 1y ago
  To be fair, he might have been rather preoccupied at that time.

ants_everywhere 1y ago

I had no idea libgen was that old, thanks!