If the internet went away indefinitely, what things would you wish you had downloaded before it happened?

[golden_zealot@lemmy.ml]

Perhaps instead of using youtube-dl or yt-dlp, you may enjoy some client such as freetube more, as it has a lot of the benefits of those tools, but without ads, and with sponsorblock/thumbnail correction, and other nice customizations. It also enables you to create playlists and whatnot.

[bilb@lem.monster]

The arch linux wiki, where you will be instructed to install various dependencies from the AUR

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

Why doesn't the OS install those for you

[bilb@lem.monster]

Not one, but two references to e621 in this thread. And neither are from users on the furry instances. Much to think about.

[couldbealeotard@lemmy.world]

I've got a couple of 10TB HDDs. Is that enough?

[dx1@lemmy.ml]

I already did.

[nitefox@sh.itjust.works]

Pff, rookie numbers. I have a 3k zettabytes data center at home

[kuneho@lemmy.world]

okay, you caught me, my .world profile was supposed to be my non-furry lemmy account.

[demandtheoxfordcomma@sh.itjust.works]

Today I learned I'm unintentionally preparing for the Internet apocalypse.

[balsoft@lemmy.ml]

Honestly, while fun, those videos don't provide too much value per GB - and I say that as someone who's watched almost all of them. Their main actual benefit besides entertainment is (IMHO) getting people interested in the relevant field so they study more thoroughly. They often explain simple yet dazzling concepts which get you hooked but don't provide much value on their own, and don't directly enable you to solve real-life problems. Even more involved videos like those by 3blue1brown are still edutainment at their core, as acknowledged by the author. In an apocalypse (which, let's face it, is the most likely reason the internet would indefinitely go down in a developed country) you would be much better off with engineering (mechanical, electrical, etc) literature and textbooks, maybe a couple science textbooks for good measure (I have a drawer full of the Feynman lectures in case something like this happens).

[balsoft@lemmy.ml]

If the Internet went away, we’d have a little time before batteries were not viable even if replaceable, as distributing those batteries would get problematic.

Good thing portable solar panels & lead-acid batteries exist that can easily power a couple of laptops even if their internal batteries are cooked. Solar panels last for a very long time if cared for, and lead-acid batteries can be (somewhat) useful almost indefinitely if you replace the electrolyte.

No, we’re all gonna need to learn how to fight, and live without hospitals and drugs and probably electricity.

So it would be really handy to have instructions for maintaining or even building weaponry, medical/medicinal literature to find useful herbs or other remedies, and engineering literature/textbooks/software to help us rebuild the electrical grid and then the Internet.

[balsoft@lemmy.ml]

Honestly, I think I'm mostly set already (as I often go backpacking and there's no internet there). I have offline maps for the country I'm in and neighboring regions downloaded in OsmAnd and mapy.cz (two sources just in case), Wikipedia in Kiwix, and my custom NixOS setup as a bootable ISO on a flashdrive. I'll probably miss being able to watch science/maths edutainment on YouTube, but it's not something I'd download.

[mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

annas-archive.org, arxiv.org, and maybe internet archive too if possible

[apotheotic@beehaw.org]

I don't disagree with the sentiment but I think having accessible, entertaining education resources would also be a huge boon. They're sure not going into depth on the topics but I imagine getting people "on the hook" could be huge, and then they can find other more educational resources from others in the community.

[squid_slime@lemm.ee]

Arch wiki with arch man docs.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Depends on how up-to-date your install image is. If you downloaded the ISO 6 months ago, chances are, the build you downloaded is out of date (doubly so if it's Arch). Most installers have an online option that will download the updates and install the newest version, but if you don't have access to the internet, then all you have is the data included in the ISO that you got 6 months ago.

[kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com]

not sure what you’re refering to:)

[kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com]

http plz fix https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer

[volumetricshitcompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Wikipedia would be the most valuable thing if I had to pick one, I guess.

An maybe the "your jimmies are eternal video" in case I need to unrustle my jimmie ever again.

[volumetricshitcompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Dick Valentine, is that you?