I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would’ve had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I remember being amazed by that disc, and how it seemed to contain the summation of all human knowledge at the time.

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I think Wikipedia without media files and only text and formatting can fit on a lot a single USB drive