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Re:Off-Grid Cyberdeck with RPI and Pelican Case by fallat on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:16PM (#31404906)
Wikipedia printed in the most compact form could be a really useful book. Obviously it can't have everything, but I wonder what such a book could look like.
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Re:Off-Grid Cyberdeck with RPI and Pelican Case by regularfry on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @07:13AM (#31408733)
The problem is that Wikipedia's policy prohibits howto information. You can get a chunk of theory out of it, but not practical instructions.

I don't know the reasoning behind it, but it makes Wikipedia significantly less useful for this particular use case than it might otherwise be. WikiBooks might fill the gap in some areas, but it's just not got as wide coverage.

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Re:Off-Grid Cyberdeck with RPI and Pelican Case by alasdair_ on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:49PM (#31405159)
“ The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm”

Is a fun read. It seriously considers these questions and talks about practical things, like how to salvage iron ore from scrap rather than having to resort to mining it initially.

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