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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Of course you can print(Wikipedia), it's only 27GB if you exclude the Wikimedia Commons files.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Why would you even do the calculations based on inkjet printers? Even at a simple glance, inkjet is the wrong solution. While they acknowledge at the end that laser would be the way, that was clearly an afterthought and not calculated into anything.

Longform video version: https://sh.itjust.works/post/22635774

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/59/