beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down17
arrow-up1262arrow-down1message-squareThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareEvilLootbox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·8 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-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·8 months agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoHow big do I expect it to be?
minus-squarebeebarfbadger@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoAt least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoBigger than it actually is
minus-squarethe_grass_trainer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoNo, but i do remember Microsoft Encarta 98
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 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-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoNowadays there’s Kiwix
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 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?
At least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
Bigger than it actually is
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.