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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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[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 94 points 3 weeks ago

Wikipedia, kernel sources and some LLM models

[-] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

And some Stallman memes for good measure

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[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 72 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

[-] aard@kyu.de 46 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 13 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.

I mean… if we’re optimizing for covert physical presence… you can hide these fuckers in tons of interesting places.

[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 weeks ago

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

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.

[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

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[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like a cyberpunk trope.

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 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.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

As much of pornhub that will fit.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

This guy will be rich in the post apocalypse

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Download factorio and dwarf fortress

[-] Maxxie 9 points 3 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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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 22 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.

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago

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

Confiscated by order of the benevolent United Nations world government.

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

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

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)

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

You didn't read the post. You're going to be spending all of your time deleting your content because you only have 100 GB's total.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 15 points 3 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.

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 14 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] Draghetta@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Petition to have Debian packages back in city libraries

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[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 13 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.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

1/10th of a Call of Duty game.

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

[-] Jourei@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 weeks ago

ROMs

A 100GB of ROMs

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 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.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] tetris11@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago
  • general info
    • A large LLM with many parameters
  • specific info
    • Wikipedia, WikiHow, TVTropes, various survival Guides, HAM radio operation
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[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

100 GB is some rookie numbers. I've had 8tb for years, I'm only half full and the drives are starting to age out. I've already replaced one with a 4tb drive, once the rest are replaced, it'll be 16tb total.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

When you think you are bragging, or something, but you are actually just doing hypotheticals wrong...

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

Hah, I've been collecting all my needs offline for a while now. Because companies keep turning to subscriptions and other ##. I'm pretty sure my archive of apps is under 100GB

[-] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

You should make this a writing prompt

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[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In this thread: dorks using it as an opportunity to brag about their large storage epeens.

But then what happened to my 120 petabyte network attached storage, host to every episode of Inuyasha in multiple releases, languages, and resolutions?! My mother would surely notice having space again in ~~her~~ our basement!

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[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Books and music. The more the merrier

[-] Intergalactic@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

All my movies and TV and wikipedia.

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

How to self-host/become your own ISP

[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not very much with my slow connection.

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[-] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ultra high-fidelity version of « Sandstorm » and the same copy of the Vern Troyer porn movie with virus that nuked my gf’s computer.

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