Going by a rule book isn't hard for me but I'd like to be notified if some things are exceptions (Ive been a mod before in a different setting and "exceptions to the rule" that weren't stated hindered my performance by me "over moderating")
I've lurked and made my own posts as well so my activity is considerable, I also have learned some stuff here as well as from private trackers I am a part of.
My knowledge is bits of python for scripts/scrapers, Emulation for switch + 3DS homebrew, DeDRMing, IRC setup and use, making + using torrents, private trackers, some other stuffs n how to download and boot up pirated games + books. I am a quick learner and don't mind working on something to figure it out.
Shout out to HakitaDev for this banger btw;
"You should support indies if you can, but culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it."
It sums up my idea of piracy.
My timezone is EST :P
The real Soap2Day has been dead for over a year, any site claiming to be it is a fake
Anyone know if Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml trojan can be trusted?
My idea is that, in general, trojans aren't trustworthy for obvious reasons. But this cracker came from cs.rin.ru apparently which I DO trust.
(yes this is a win defender thing BUT I don't know if its onto something lol)
I read something about !ml is a good sign but I am still skeptical
You need a Steam account that owns the app (aka game) you want to download Quote from this thread
I would theoretically need to own the DLC for it to download. You can only download things you own on your account.
Do you know how to use it?
I have no idea how to find a manifest or a depot
Is it possible to reverse engineer a site/site page that can only be accessed through Internet Archive?
Internet archive seems to only have the layout of things saved (snapshot) but not the actual contents of the page.
This does not contain any of the information, just what it looked like when it was saved I believe. I am wondering if I am wrong on this.
USTR blacklist
Anna's Archive, Libgen, etc are all on here. this is just 2023
Yeah I was using it before I realized I might need a scraper.
Very little. I know basic html + css but I am trying to work with python
I test with IDLE for python + use selenium for driver directory (geckodrive)
I could send it to you privately if you let me know ur discord or something
I don't like to touch js so ive being going python only. (besides basic html & Css) but I found puppeteer and didn't really get it.
The discord thing is a no-go since I don't really know how to make my issue palatable. That's why I used lemmy. Thanks again!
I am having to frankinscript because resources don't really give out the code for my needs. I am using command prompt from win powershell and testing with python IDLE
I'm attempting to make a webscraper that can grab online books that are stored within the site or stored with a direct link to the storage site. I don't want to reinvent this but finding one that I can work and/or build off of is hard due to my lack of experience and vague resources.
This was the original plan but it doesn't work as well for this on 'dynamic' websites
My current script uses bs4 and request imports. It also has the selenium import for geckodrive but I am considering just removing that feature lol
How do I use Open Source scrapers? (Selenium, Scrapy, etc.)
I have been trying for hours to figure this out. From a building tutorial to just trying to find prebuilt ones, I can't seem to make it click. -- For context I am trying to scrape books myself that I can't seem to find elsewhere so I can use and post them for others.
The scraper tutorial
Hackernoon tutorial by Ethan Jarell
I initially tried to follow this but I kept having a "couldn't find module" error. Since I have never touched python prior to this, I am unaware how to fix this and the help links are not exactly helpful. If there's someone who could guide me through this tutorial that would be great.
Selenium
I don't really get what this is but I think its some sort of python pack and it tells me to download using the pip command but that doesn't seem to work (syntax error). I don't know how to manually add it in because, again, I have little idea of what I'm doing.
Scrapy
This one seemed like it'd be an out-of-box deal but not only does it need the pip command to download but it has like 5 other dependencies it needs to function which complicates it more for me.
I am not criticizing these wares, I am just asking for help and if someone could help with the simplification of it all or maybe even point me to an easier method that would be amazing!
Updates
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Figured out that I am supposed to run the command for pip in the command prompt thing on my computer, not the python runner.
py -mfollowed by the pip request -
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Got the Ethan Jarrell tutorial to work and managed to add in selenium, which made me realize that selenium isn't really helpful with the project. rip xP
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Spent a bunch of time trying to workshop the basic scraper to work with dynamic sites, unsuccessful
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Online self-help doesn't go in as much as I would like, probably due to the legal grey area
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Braflix just went off the air
I was watching on it this morning but I just tried to go on it and this came up. The megathread needs to be updated.
https://goodbye.braflix.is/
What is oalinst.exe?
I see it sometimes when I download games and I usually avoid it but I want to play the game online so I want to know if its a genuine concern. Couldn't find anyone else talking about it on here :P
EDIT: Thanks for the info everyone! Makes much more sense now.
Why is seeding a torrent helpful?
I keep seeing in forums and sites like these that say it's frowned upon to not seed torrents that you use/used. I saw a post on here or Reddit (I don't remember) with a guy ecstatic that someone started seeding his download he had been trying to get done for months. I know seeding lets someone download something using your computer but how is it helpful if someone doesn't have a site and/or isn't "in-range" ?
If you can't tell, I don't know much about how torrenting works other than how to download something using one. I hope that you all can just explain or point me in the right direction because I would like to support the community.