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-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 · 8 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·8 months agoYou can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it’s smaller than you’d expect
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·8 months agoHow big do I expect it to be?
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·8 months agoBigger than it actually is
minus-squarebeebarfbadger@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoAt least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!
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!