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Lets say you live in a world where the world government has decided people are getting too addicted to the internet and ordered the internet to be shut down for 5 years. The 100 GB of storage is all you have (excluding essential system files for your Operating System). You have 24 hours before the internet is getting shut down. What do you download?

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wikipedia, kernel sources and some LLM models

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd replace kernel sources with a full Linux distribution (unless this is already part of "essential system files")

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

And some Stallman memes for good measure

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Is it 100 GB in addition to what I already have saved or 100 GB of total storage? Because if it's 100 GB of total storage then I wouldn't be thinking about downloading, I'll be thinking about what I want to keep.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

100GB is ridiculously low nowadays. I don't think I have a single device in regular use (including my phone) with such small storage.

Just my picture archive (that is, pictures I took since I got mit first digital camera) is about 400GB.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

But without such a low storage limit, this wouldn't be a fun question. The point is to really think about what files we cherish and what are we okay with losing access to (for at least 5 years).

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Total storage. If you have more, government agents might randonly burst in and confiscate excess storage. 😉

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

First thing would be to seriously look into data compression, and live with heavily lossy-compressed media (my music collection would be ring-fenced though). Throw out backups of physical media (take the chance on disc-rot); I guess any backups wouldn't be possible in this universe anyway so it will all be left to chance. And then see what's left.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can I assume that things like movies, TV, and games will still be available in physical form? If so, the Wikipedia backup is the obvious answer

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Guides how to create my own little internet with other people, 7zip and 99GB of RAM.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Lol bootleg internet?

I think I head about some place where people actually have a bootleg internet due to government censorship. Forgot where I heard about it.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There is big offline network of sharing data on usb drives in Cuba.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing, because the rest of the world is trying to do the same thing and the internet is now essentially DDoSed into oblivion 24 hours early.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be too worried. If the internet stops being a thing, we'll just go back to physical media. I imagine there will be huge data storages that sell USBs and DVDs containing specific data people are looking for, so any time I'd want to watch a movie or something I would go to my network of friends and start copying.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Also known as the 90s

Dear OP’s world government, chop chop

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Download factorio and dwarf fortress

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

A few years ago I was living in fear of local government turning internet into intranet north korea-style (dont ask). So - no joke - I've had factorio archived with latest versions of seablock, space exploration and nullius. Figured it'll keep me going for a decade or so.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As much of pornhub that will fit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

This guy will be rich in the post apocalypse

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago

Email/PM everyone I'm in contact with online and ask them for their current phone numbers and addresses, and send them mine. Subscribe to 2-3 local and regional newspapers, and one good national or international one.

Offline contact info for every place I do business with online, and scrape a list of all businesses within 20 miles of home or work. Offline contact info for all the government agencies I or family or friends may need to contact for the next five years. Offline contact info for every local, state, or federal official who supposedly represents me, my family or friends.

A full listing of all my online accounts, with full transaction histories. Copies of all Terms of Service and privacy policies, copies of all warranty, repair and refund policies.

Phone numbers of my favorite restaurants and copies of their current menus. Phone numbers, addresses, visitor information, prices and (where applicable) attraction information for all museums, parks and other attractions in my area.

All my archived email or stored files that's still on a server somewhere. Copies of every single bookmark on every device I have. And copies of every story on AO3.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Godot, Blender, Gimp, latest tutorial series for all three, Wikipedia (which I already have), music, fill the rest with art assets.

If I can't download games I will simply make them.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

100GB?? I'd be more worried about WTF will happen to the rest of my 100TB of storage

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Confiscated by order of the benevolent United Nations world government.

You are being liberated from the Internet Opium, do not resist.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Math, science, chemistry, carpentry, gardening, and mechanical/engineering texts.

And repair manuals /guides for everything i own.

All the music on my playlists.

Porn.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

The internet is going down for 5 years? Books and video instructions about farming prolly, I'll probably be unemployed if there's no Internet.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a library card and they have plenty bluerays and audiobooks there. I think I'd download all Debian packages and maybe some pornography? Because that seems to be missing in the city library for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Petition to have Debian packages back in city libraries

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100 GB

looks at my nas, already stuffed with several TB of content, chuckling

Some panic, while others were ready since the dawn of time. I'll add that extra 100 gigs to my drive collection though...

(it's lots of games, media, and yiff. And yeah, it is enough to hold me over for 5 years. No, you can't see it. :p)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

1/10th of a Call of Duty game.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Just find 9 more people and then y'all can meet up and play the game.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Books. Small games (ROMs or not). Ubuntu (Debian doesn't come with a working desktop). Compress my music collection to AAC192. Stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

ROMs

A 100GB of ROMs

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry, but i feel like i have been preparing for this for the last 15 years now. I won't answer the question because I already have 40tb worth of content on my personal NAS. From movies, TV shows, music, and video games, I think I will be good for some time living off of just that. I also have all my docs, and personal pics as well.

Since I live in an area where power goes out a lot and internet can go down once or twice a year (not long but maybe up to 6 hours, worst case) it's already been a great solution that I was able to try out during those events.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

SneakerNet will still exist, so your friends can download different stuff each and transfer it over a local network, or a flash drive. Different people might connect their own local networks to facilitate ease of communication, and boom, you have an internet again. By its very nature of being decentralised, the internet is very difficult to shut down completely.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wikipedia and a lot of games. A bunch of programming tools and libraries. My Spotify playlist. Video is the least efficient so you'd have to limit that a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

With the stipulation that it's 100GB total and not on top of what I already have, then the question is not what I would download, but rather which of my family photos/videos I'm okay with losing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Only 100GB? Shit I'm gonna have to decide what porn not to keep...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So you're saying it would be my last chance to download a car?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I'll get Call of Du... Ah shit it's download didn't finish

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

An LLM pointed at a local copy of Wikipedia, and every book I can get my hands on. I already have hundreds of music CDs, and a couple dozen vinyl records, so I'm good for music.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  • general info
    • A large LLM with many parameters
  • specific info
    • Wikipedia, WikiHow, TVTropes, various survival Guides, HAM radio operation
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A collection of older and therefore smaller games. A bunch of music in mp3 (or maybe something like AAC or OPUS). A bunch of ebooks. A handful of my favorite TV shows and/or movies heavily recompressed, like maybe 720p.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Books and music. The more the merrier

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

How to self-host/become your own ISP

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  • personnal files that are stored in the Cloud
  • Wikipedia
  • Linux and Raspberry ISO, and some libs/tools packages, sources and docs
  • sandbox games and rogue likes
  • wiki for these games
  • as much porn as I can download with the remaining storage available

Unless it's a fascist government, I don't care about ebooks, mp3, movies or TV show. I'll use books, vinyls and DVD.

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