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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I still have to work right?

This reminds me, there were a lot of sd shows that were around 60megs a pop.

That’s a lot of shows. Just sayin

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The 4K Blu-ray remux of Andor Season 1 is 230 GB. This new government might be shutting down the internet, but I doubt that they're monsters, and so surely wouldn't expect me to re-watch it in any lower quality. Fortunately, I've worked out that the Aldanhi arc and the last 2 episodes are 102 GB, so it should be manageable if some recaps are cut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'd download as much 480p TV, movies, etc as possible as quickly as possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I have already more than 100GB, why would I rip out my drives when the internet is going down?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I did all of Stargate some 15 years ago. I feel a lot of nostalgia for it. If you never went through it all - definitively get that on your 100GB.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Wikipedia is around 100gb

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Stock up on crypto memes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a Uni project a few years back trying to summarize key civilization building concepts - like basic agriculture, tool making, shelter making, that sort of thing. Because whatever society described by OP is going to have serious problems.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

My ISP recently gave us notice of an extended period of planned downtime so I already gave this some thought.

yt-dlp is a godsend, especially if you reduce the quality. I just set it going on an old playlist for some YouTubers I enjoy. You can find a lot of old comedy on YouTube too which tends to be in playlists.

Other than that, none of classic Doctor Who is HD so doesn't take up too much space. BBC iPlayer works with yt-dlp too with the right settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Lines of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" in any format that can fill up 100GB.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I’ve been meaning to download the Beats In Space Radio mixes from their archive so I’ll just add that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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

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