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Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 days ago by j4p@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Has room for a porn folder too right?

Seems like an amateur apocalyptic preparation oversight that it wasn't included already.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just check under homework.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My documents/faxes/saved faxes/Trash/receipts/

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Looks super cool wish there was a version with more storage. 256/512gb is on the low side for end of the world

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What kind of storage do they use? Because SSDs left unpowered will lose data.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 20 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Maybe I should just use these and cancel my internet

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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

no, how do i manufacture SSD's at home so i can preserve linux mint 21.1 xia or my screenshots or the terminal calculator i got from typing 'apt install calc' ?

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get a magazine called Backwoodsman. It is a rag but it is something to read while taking a shit. I saw the advertisement in the latest issue. I was thinking yeah this is ok but can't you download most of this for free?

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[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

WikiHow

One of these things is not like the others

[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago

Thank you, they've been ruining search results since the day SEO was coined.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 2 days ago

My doomsday kit is just a bottle of SoCo and a camping chair.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have HDDs that have been with me for almost 10 years. I need to replace one with one that I can use as a backup for all of them AND have some to spare.

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