Ask HN: How would you prepare for 6 months without internet?

Posted by flipfloppity on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

This may or may not be a shamelessly self-interested question, since I will soon be in an connection-free environment until June for work. That said, I think it's an interesting thought exercise. What tools/materials would you download in advance? What projects would you work on to stay productive? Curious to see what ideas HNers come up with.

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Re:Ask HN: How would you prepare for 6 months without internet? by ksaj on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:23PM (#25365268)

You might be interested in OtherNet (previously Outernet). You can be connection-free and still geekier than those you leave behind for that time.

https://othernet.is/products/dreamcatcher-v3-05

Some history etc. of what OtherNet is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othernet

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Re:Ask HN: How would you prepare for 6 months without internet? by bitxbitxbitcoin on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:35AM (#25359582)

1. A good game that can be played offline 2. A wikipedia database download 3. 100 books from Libgen that you know you'll want to read eventually.

Should all fit comfortably on a cheap USB drive, but maybe get two for redundancy.

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