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Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump (www.404media.co)
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Title is a little sensational but this is a cool project for non-technical folks who may need a mini-internet or data archive for a wide variety of reasons:

"PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of Wikipedia, street maps, survivalist information, 90,000 WikiHow guides, iFixit repair guides, government website backups (including FEMA guides and National Institutes of Health backups), TED Talks about farming and survivalism, 60,000 ebooks and various other content. It’s part external hard drive, part local hotspot antenna—the box runs on a Raspberry Pi that allows up to 20 devices to connect to it over wifi or wired connections, and can store and run additional content that users store on it. It doesn't store a lot of content (either 256GB or 512GB), but what makes it different from buying any external hard drive is that it comes preloaded with content for the apocalypse."

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[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Anybody know where to find an archive of this disk?

It's all publicly available info, or was. I've got a Raid 5 I can throw it on, might come in handy during power outs and such.

I've got spare hard drives, and an old Pi and other computers around. No need to spend $189 on this when you can pretty easily DIY. The value is the prepackaged archive.

I see projects like kwix and such, but I don't immediately see this archive or anything comparable. Haven't looked into this before.

BTW, if you're actually worried about the end of the world or whatever, this won't save you. Make friends with your neighbors and communities. If you don't have a physical trade, you need to learn one like fixing shit or growing really good weed.

*Edit suck - such

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Kiwix.org

Download the App, and you can then download a full backup of Wikipedia, PHP Manuals, the "Survival Library", Ted Talks, FEMA guides, etc.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Replying to my own reply.

I keep a couple of thumb drives with both a Kiwix installer and a full backup of some select downloads.

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