@beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-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 • 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-square@EvilLootbox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•1 year 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@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•1 year agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-square@beebarfbadger@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink11•1 year agoAt least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
minus-square@ripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoI downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!
minus-square@the_grass_trainer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•1 year agoNo, but i do remember Microsoft Encarta 98
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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.