Did you know you can download the whole of wikipedia and put it on an SD card in a cheap e-reader? - ThreadSky

ancient.bsky.social • 84 days ago

Did you know you can download the whole of wikipedia and put it on an SD card in a cheap e-reader?

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Unfortunately Boox devices have a habit of self destructing (likely heat damaging the screen) & the company then pretends it’s not their fault & the user must have pressed hard on it.

So… caveat emptor & all that

flavioamieiro.bsky.social•83 days ago

Mandatory @xkcd.com : https://xkcd.com/548/

bushr.at•83 days ago

Yep! I use Kiwix to keep a copy of Wikipedia on my phone too. Fantastic for when I've got no reception and want to settle an argument.

grahamcox82.bsky.social•83 days ago

What about the batteries though?
Maybe we should print it out just to be safe...

jabrils.bsky.social•83 days ago

Bitchin'

words.bsky.social•83 days ago

does the download include all the historical changes to Wikipedia?

can you retrieve the entire state of Wikipedia on a certain day?

waxrepli.ca•83 days ago

I was thinking about this lately, where did you get your wikipedia dump?

patrick-ohlson.ms-dot.net•83 days ago

Adding for reference

waxrepli.ca•83 days ago

thanks, my search led me to some other page with broken links.

tim.aidley.com•84 days ago

How much space does it need on the SD card?

(And I presume that's English only?)

ancient.bsky.social•84 days ago

I went for the images-an-all version, which is 100GB.

tim.aidley.com•84 days ago

Remember when memory sticks were at least £1 per MB?

ancient.bsky.social•84 days ago

Yeah, but at least knees worked.

tim.aidley.com•84 days ago

Mine seems to be holding out, but now I'm constantly having to remember where I left my reading glasses.

gregory.wild-smith.com•83 days ago

Sounds like a monkeys paw: good knees but the eyes & memory giving up the ghost

robdickinson.bsky.social•83 days ago

Theres actually a doomsday IT product/black box that has this plus a bunch of other stuff, wifi, battery etc all in one for post apocalypse stuff lol

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