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Em :official_verified: (em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 18:01:31 JST Em :official_verified:

Sooooo who else has downloaded a local backup of Wikipedia in panic again? 🙋♀️

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  Em :official_verified: (em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 18:01:31 JST Em :official_verified:
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  I imagine myself wandering around in the post-apocalyptic post-internet post-information age, selling copies of my local 2024 Wikipedia database loaded on a USB stick in exchange for a loaf of bread or an old can of expired soup 🙃
  
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  cyanautik 🅅 (cyanautik@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 18:02:07 JST cyanautik 🅅
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  @Em0nM4stodon I had a dream like that years ago. I didn't have any computing devices the the post-apocalyptic post-internet post-information age wasteland, though.
  it stuck with me. We still have computers. we can still talk to people far away. <3 :teal_heart:
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  Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 18:03:04 JST Rich Felker
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  @Em0nM4stodon Microfiche. Wikipedia on microfiche.
  
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  @Em0nM4stodon Microfiche actually had pretty low information density but you could probably go down to several hundred nanometer font size and have it be readable under microscope. It'd take a long time to etch a master of all of Wikipedia tho.
  
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  Em :official_verified: (em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 00:48:31 JST Em :official_verified:
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  If you too would like to keep an offline copy of Wikipedia but are wondering how to do it, here's how: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/113872764752277451
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    Attached: 1 image Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨ If you too feel uneasy about the state of the world, and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet, Know that you can download an offline copy of Wikipedia! Here's how 📚👇 1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/ 2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix. Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right :neocat_book: 3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right. 4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍 5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission). Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia 6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦 7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix! 8. Magic! 📖✨ Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ :blobcatrainbow: #Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower

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