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  • It has been a lot since I needed to download Wikipedia, it is very easy, AFAIK there is Wikimedia with backups of all wiki sites.

    The weird file sizes are just a compressed file format, sql and XML. Maybe it is a bit more complex run Wikipedia locally, but the content information is easy to retrieve.

    The only issue is that sql and xml are plain text files, and plain text compresses very well, so a 30GB backup can become easily 100GB uncompressed.




  • This exactly.

    It’s the ceremonial steps that precedes the listening experience that adds flavour to the enjoyment.

    If I want to just listen music and do other things I just use Apple Music + AirPods/Soundbar, but if I want to listen a certain album and make the experience more active, I use the record player.

    My music collection on vinyl is curated since each album involves a higher cost.

    There is also my fascination on analog things, I have an automatic turntable and love the orchestra of mechanical sounds from all the internal components.

    Edit: Forgot to mention that on streaming platforms sometimes the only version available is a remastered version that was rereleased on CD that fucked the dynamic range during the loudness war or is an edit of the original one.