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There was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it's smaller than you'd expect

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How big do I expect it to be?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

At least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Bigger than it actually is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, but i do remember Microsoft Encarta 98

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Nowadays there's Kiwix

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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.