muertinez comments on The Wikimedia Foundation has joined the fediverse by setting up their own Mastodon server!

[–] muertinez@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

i think people underestimate the impact having access to wikipedia has had on the world. really an amazingly important part of the internet and the sharing of knowledge

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole is worse than going down a Street View rabbit hole. Ahh I can spend an entire day doing it!

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Good old wiki walking, you never realize what you're doing until a few hours in, and even then you can't stop.

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[–] matti@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago

Or the high speed car chase equivalent of it, find hitler

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[–] Bilbo@hobbit.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

You're right, although if you ever get the chance to browse a real physical encyclopedia, it's a unique experience.

Not practical, but it's a bit like playing a record or playing a game on a real NES. It's a unique experience.

I have a full 2007 set of Encyclopedia Brittanica in the same room as my vintage computer collection. I browse it occasionally.

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[–] 1st@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago*

Oof, felt this right in the geriatric millennials.

Mfer I was doing assignments where I had to scroll through index cards to find the encyclopaedia, then hand write out the essay.

It’s weird when you go from being the disruptor demographic to realising that when your 5 yo kid jokes about the 80s it’s as far away in time to him as the 1940s we’re to me - for him it’s a 2d, pre-Alexa, analog dystopia.

And I’m only 42.

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