@[email protected] to [email protected] • 9 months agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-square72fedilinkarrow-up1343
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•9 months agoAnyone remember that offline Wikipedia reader that had the whole text of English wiki on it? I always thought it was neat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•9 months agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink12•9 months agoAt least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoI downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Microsoft Encarta 98 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://m.piped.video/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Anyone remember that offline Wikipedia reader that had the whole text of English wiki on it? I always thought it was neat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader
You can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
How big do I expect it to be?
Bigger than it actually is
Q.E.D.
At least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
I downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!
No, but i do remember Microsoft Encarta 98
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Microsoft Encarta 98
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Nowadays there’s Kiwix
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://m.piped.video/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.