This is literally true though, why is it on the onion?
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I think it is safe to say The Onion has basically turned into a Time Machine rather than a Satire site. It seems to be predicting just how crazy things will be in the future.
Oh I didn't notice that, thanks.
Not enough onion flavor here. I just downloaded a full copy of Wikipedia last week in case the trumpanzees go after it.
Hey, don't insult chimps like that!
Not chimps, chumps.
I did that in February... after my copy from early January got damaged.
Been lowkey prepping for a while.
I've been keeping a copy of the Zim for ages just waiting for doom :)
good time for local copies of books/movies/tv
good time to have a decent stock of long-term food staples.
keeping a copy of some LLMs around isn't bad either; they're not great, but they are bang for the buck (compression wise) FULL of data from all over the net, you just need to be careful and not just trust it openly.
I can't say i'm happy that it seems like it might be useful in my lifespan.
the flavour dulls after 8 years
Not satire...
data hoarders will become heroes
Uhhhhh, I have specifically downloaded an offline version of Wikipedia. I'm pretty sure this is just regular reporting from The Onion.
Where can you download the entirety of wikipedia and how do you actually use it?
Wikipedia actually hosts various snapshots of the entire website that you can download. If you download the text only version in English it's less than 10GB if I recall. If you want photos and other things it's in the hundreds of gigs.
The easiest I'm aware of that requires the least effort and knowledge is an open source application called Kiwix which has apps for Android (both F-Droid and Play Store), Windows, Linux, iOS, and MacOS.
aard2 is primary a dictionary app, but it has wiki* snapshots as well. (https://github.com/itkach/slob/wiki/Wikipedia)
Me too, and I'm not even American. I fully expect the Wikimedia foundation to be attacked.
facts are useful in emergencies
conservatives arnt stockpiling thats for sure.
They prefer ammo over facts
Americans know what facts are? I thought they all just believed whatever nonsense fit their narrative?
this is why my zotero is 50+ GBs lol.
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