beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down111
arrow-up1335arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareEvilLootbox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·9 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-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·9 months agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·9 months agoHow big do I expect it to be?
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·9 months agoBigger than it actually is
minus-squarebeebarfbadger@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoAt least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!
minus-squarethe_grass_trainer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·9 months agoNo, but i do remember Microsoft Encarta 98
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoNowadays there’s Kiwix
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 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.