beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareEvilLootbox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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-up0·6 months agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoHow big do I expect it to be?
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.