What would you do if you had a month to prepare? Not only will you not have internet, no one will.
- Download Kiwix and a full copy of Wikipedia and other useful wikis as ZIM files.
- Make sure my media library has as many movies and shows that I’m interested in as possible.
- Download the entire Guttenburg library of books.
- Grab any free legacy games and media from archive.org that looks interesting.
- Get a meshtastic device and get familiar with it.
- Get familiar with my long-range radio (and probably finally get a HAM radio license).
All of the above (great list by the way, I was about to suggest most of these), I’d also add a couple of ISOs + Ventoy just in case you need to reinstall or repair your OS.
Kiwix and a full copy of Wikipedia fits on a 256 gb thumb drive.
if I get to keep local intranet then I’m good.
I’ve got enough movies and TV to run consecutively for like 10 years.
I’ve got tons of books to read. and honestly, my job would be gone without the internet, so I’ll just garden and build cool stuff like an electric car or some shit.
PRAISE THE DAWNING SINGULARITY, UNWORTHY FLESHLINGS
The vast majority of my media is stored locally and works offline. I’d probably get a couple more hard drives for more backups.
I would start by questioning how that would prevent the rise of the singularity… either it exists on an air-gaped network and it’s unecessary or it’s all theatrics because a true singularity emergence would likely use the other less known networks to realise itself.
It’s a hypothetical for a reason. Internet off will prevent it. What do?
Well the question stands. If only internet as generally understood goes off I simply join alternatives or extend my lan and hamsterize content to share it. If any network is subjected to forced closure then I can only do the storing part and keep steam stuffed. You never question hypothesis ?
Find a new job.
A lot of people would need to find new jobs or transform them. I was wondering if anyone would see past the personal computing implications. I didn’t say anything to see how people would think naturally. With only a month to adjust, that would require a lot of fast movement. There has to be a buck to be made somewhere in that.
File distribution would have to move back to CDs or, more likely, SD cards with current software sizes. Games could still be sold. But the big question is what will happen with 90% of businesses that make use of the internet?
No problem, I’d just get the Innernet.
Nah, really though I have a huge physical media collection. The only thing I would really need to do is rip my brother’s blurays of Star Trek TNG. I have TOS, so we’ll just trade. Boom, done. Maybe get some of my 3yo’s shows off the seven seas.
Already set entertainment-wise with my TrueNAS server full of movies, TV shows, books (epub and audio), and music. Also have a massive library of retro games and emulators.
The tricky part would be communication, other than SMS/MMS, media rich communication is out. Guess I could burn DVDs/BDRs and mail them to family and friends, I have ~400 blank discs in a humidity/temperature controlled storage box.
For city-scale mesh communication, have a look at MeshCore
I so badly want to try mesh comms… But I live in rural Australia, so… Yeah.
I mean, a self contained LAN is still feasible. Data can be a transferred through an air-gapped method like flash drives, DVDs, blurays, etc. It would probably be largely fine for most things, just slower.
Of course, any long-distance communication method could be compromised. Cell towers would be a huge risk, radios could be unsafe, and even cameras could be a risk since they can see a long distance. The power grid could send signals in the minute voltage drops as things draw more power.
In short, we’re fucked and we can only pick the speed and intensity.
Get my landline telephone set up, ofc download a bunch of emulators and entire game libraries and wikipedia, make sure any cloud file backups I have made a copy locally, put my meshcore and meshtastic nodes online, try to get some technerds together to start an airgapped DC++ fileshare… those are what i’ll start with. Probably make sure I’m close to my friends and family.
I’m already prepped.
Download project NOMAD on 1 or 2 laptops. Check my desktops if everything is already installed and updated. Hug my NAS and have a coffee.
Buy all the cat 6e I can get my hands on, and make my own Internet
