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[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

For real, I remember when an entire game being over a 20 MiB made me hesitate to download it because it'd take a while.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The Half Life demo was 50MB. Took me 4 tries to get it over dialup. Played till the sun came up!

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is why I always run my personal projects through upx

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