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?
Lots of anime. Some cherished games. I feel like i don’t need a while lot of porn. Maybe those 5-6 vids that I currently frequent. That will probably get me through. Other than that; House; maybe all of Stargate but prob would never get to it; HBO watchmen series is totally rewatchable and would probably grab the movie too; bunch of misc horror films; all of law and order. Probably missed some stuff but the biggest loss would be all the new stuff that won’t be released.
There used to be a way you could download all of the Wikipedia text as a PDF. I’d pop that bad boy on a Kindle and have my own Hitchhiker’s Guide.
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
herour basement!MUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM the router is downnnnnn plz call the internet people
I already have 30GB of math textbooks, I guess I’ll just download another 70GB of textbooks on various subjects and sell them to students. Y’all gonna return after 5 years to a new Elsevier.
Stellarium Gardening and Plant ID recognition software Mesh Networking Tools Obscure recipe and craft books File Sharing Tools Encryption Software Clonezilla 7-zip A Linux distro
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.
You should make this a writing prompt
Oh, I’ll get Call of Du… Ah shit it’s download didn’t finish
The bigger joke is that (IIRC) all of the latest CoD games require a consistent internet connection to verify that you actually purchased the rights to the video game. Even if you’re playing offline.
Download factorio and dwarf fortress
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.
Best answer. The other 90GB is irrelevant.
Add Rimworld to this list
And Crusader Kings 3
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.
I don’t think Spotify works without Internet for long. You’ll have to login at some point.
they said their spotify playlist, so i’d assume its downloading it with something like lucida.to
Personal medias, Wikipedia, LLM models, good for searching without net innacurate but better than nothing. Instruction how to setup alternative to internet, good chance there is going to be an underground version. Sms contact list of all your friends/families, did not say sms no longer available. Games, eBooks like electrical, health, laws and programming.
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
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.
When you think you are bragging, or something, but you are actually just doing hypotheticals wrong…
Assume that the government in this scenario, which has the power to shut down Internet, can also steal your storage capacity.
What government ?
The hypothetical in the OP.
“world government” fair enough I didn’t catch that
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.
Aside from the fact that playing something youve created is an entirely different experience to discovering something unexpected that someone else has created, you would need space to store your created games still.
I mean, just because the Internet is down doesn’t mean you can’t go buy another hard drive in a brick and mortar store later.
Lots of tools and games that are open ended and not contrived as well as the obligatory Wikipedia download.
