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Hearst / Michael Donohoe / May 19, 2017

And weighs 5.1 MB. “A 1,700-word article might weigh 10KB, but by the time you load HTML, JS, CSS, images, 3rd-parties, and ads, it can range between 2MB to 8MB depending on the web site. Bear in mind, the first Harry Potter ebook is 1.1MB, and that includes cover art.” —

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