🌲 u/Half_Elf_Monk
Whither simplicity, geminauts?
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Offline Wikipedia Browser? — Wikipedia is mostly text. Yes, there are images too. Why isn't there some kind of local program that lets users browse the encyclopedia offline? I'll grant that it's not too much data overhead on the internet, but still. It could get monthly syncs with wikipedia archives (they let you export a .tar.gz of the whole site iirc) as updates. It could hyperlink internally, and open web browsers for external links. There'd be less telemetry all around, since everything is...
💬 7 comments · 2025-12-12 · 5 months ago
All told, this is SUPER cool and I'm looking forward to exploring this more. Thanks to whomever put this together.
💬 1 comment · 4 likes · 2024-02-18 · 2 years ago
I tried writing a longer post, and it wouldn't let me submit it. It said "the url would be too long" or something like that. Is this because I'm using amfora?
💬 1 comment · 2024-02-18 · 2 years ago
Hello world. This is my first time on a bbs of this sort. Does this stoke the nostolgia of the BBS-es of old? What's the plural of BBS? I'm glad I could figure out how to set up a certificate, and hope I did it right.
💬 View post · 2 likes · 2024-02-18 · 2 years ago