Writing a book. I’ve been tinkering with writing a choose your own adventure book that provides a glimpse into a depressed mind. I’ve actually forced myself to work on it at the local library , where internet access is slow, as a means of forcing focus.
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#12Getting more reliable internet access.
I want to move out of Austin. One of my research projects is how to do rural internet. Just because I am curious if it's doable.
I know that some folks end up in Terlingua cause they want to get away from everything... I'd just like to get away from most things and keep the comms channel.
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#13Anything you can run a working copy of on your laptop.
This is the answer that makes the most sense. While I understand that sometimes we need to check online reference manuals or check if a problem is caused by a known bug in a runtime or library, I don't quite understand the concept that you literally need an internet connection to be able to work.
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#14Cartography: get the osm rendering stack on your laptop and a bit of data, then map away!
Programming: get the documentation first, manuals API reference, tutorials, and use a language that doesn't have much "now install this library" dependencies.
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#15Download reading materials in PDF form or other offline friendly formatting and plan to read them during those times.
If you are on mobile -- phone or tablet instead of a laptop -- some apps will let you take notes or whatever offline and sync up when internet is available.
Do brainstorming type exercises at that time. Free time to actually think has real value.
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#16Art,
without distractions from Facebook, Whatsapp, google, etc etc...
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#17Get out in nature and think about your problems. Go on walks. Hike. Take up photography and stargazing.
Use the time to unplug. When you do return to your screen you’ll have a fresh prospective on a lot of your problems. You’ll also be happier and healthier.
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#18Check out kiwix or zeal. Allows reading entire archives of wikipedia/stackoverflow/ted talks etc etc offline. Plus search. Throw in elasticsearch and you get really powerful customizable search. You can also create your own archive of web content. Given the size of modern harddrives people have no idea how much quality content can happily live on your local machine. No internet required.
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#19Obviously projects that do not required internet access. :-)
But seriously, personally, I would do some writing. Either a blog post, or compose a letter / email (to be sent when Internet is back on).
I would also read a physical book as I find the rather therapeutic.
Re: Ask HN: What would you work on without internet access?
#20Cartography: get the osm rendering stack on your laptop and a bit of data, then map away! Programming: get the documentation first, manuals API reference, tutorials, and use a language that doesn't have much "now install this library" dependencies.
> get the documentation first, manuals API reference
DevDocs[0] (offline collection of API docs) is perfect for this.
[0]: https://devdocs.io/