I remember in the mid-aughts my brother hacked his iPod — the wheel kind, this was pre-iPhone — to hold the entirety of the text of English Wikipedia at the time.
Yeah, I have Wikipedia saved to a portable hard drive… Just in case
rob64@startrek.website 1 year ago
DevilOfDoom@lemmy.one 1 year ago
How much data does it use?
joneskind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
According to my app, the whole English Wikipedia with pictures weighs 102.62GB, down to 60,06GB without.
There’s also a mini version that weighs 58,29GB but I don’t know what it contains
Wikipedia 1m Top Articles weighs 43,53GB
meekah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Any idea how the 8gb from another comment might be achieved?
joneskind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TBH I have no idea
I just took a look at what my app is saying, but I didn’t dig into it
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s probably only the text. Images and videos weigh a lot more than text.
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The other comment checked a 10 year reddit link but didnt notice the date untill it went to search for it again because of this thread. Dumbass!
Source: it was I, the guy that did the comment.
Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I don’t know if you’re making fun of me, but, seriously, for me Wikipedia is an enormously valuable resource, much more than, for instance, YouTube (which I use, maybe, twice per year).
LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is a lot of People with a copy of Wikipedia. Just for the case something happens. I dont think he is making fun of you.
Damaskox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Some folks enjoy reading articles. Some folks enjoy to watch, listen and read (captions) at the same time. Some folks rather ask around and learn through conversations.
I’ve understood that it’s generally easier to learn new things when you use many different channels (audio, imagery etc). To many people but not to all.
MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wasn’t making fun of you, just agreeing with you and telling you my fix