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Over a decade ago I had a laptop but no internet at home. This was one of the ways I taught myself programming (and also downloading dozens of manga) by using i
by iKlsR 5y ago
Over a decade ago I had a laptop but no internet at home. This was one of the ways I taught myself programming (and also downloading dozens of manga) by using internet explorer at a cafe which had an option to save to mhtml which was one file and had everything self contained. Legit owe a portion of my success to this. I still have some of these files, old crusty hello world c++ tutorials etc.
- a9h74j 5y agoFor people who cannot afford internet access now, and for perhaps more in the future if times get more difficult, I believe this is a very important use-case.
- falcolas 5y agoI have fantastic internet, and I still do something similar. Local docs just load so much faster, and if something happens (which it still does, even on Fiber in the US), I have docs and can program. Lemme see if I can pull up the command I use to mirror doc sites. wget \ --recursive \ --level=5 \ --convert-links \ --page-requisites \ --wait=1 \ --random-wait \ --timestamping \ --no-parent \ $1