My job frequently takes me to places without reliable internet access. What kinds of projects can be worked on with no or unreliable internet? I don't want to be forced to stop working on my side projects just because I don't have all the data I might need.
Ask HN: What would you work on without internet access?
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#2If you have good books you could always use those. I'm a scientist though, so often stuff I could read through is already in pdf form or in paper form, but I don't doubt one could find books on various things if need be. Moreover, especially for non-web stuff you always can have the code to look over yourself.
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#3Consider Dash [0], an offline documentation browsing tool. It takes a little while to set up, but then you have all the docsets you need offline with very fast search.
It also helps me control my internet addiction when I'm not off the grid, because I can have no browsers running while I code, so I'm not a tab away from HN.
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#4Anything you can run a working copy of on your laptop.
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#5Consider Dash [0], an offline documentation browsing tool. It takes a little while to set up, but then you have all the docsets you need offline with very fast search. It also helps me control my internet addiction when I'm not off the grid, because I can have no browsers running while I code, so I'm not a tab away from HN. [0] https://kapeli.com/dash
Is this mac only?
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#6Consider Dash [0], an offline documentation browsing tool. It takes a little while to set up, but then you have all the docsets you need offline with very fast search. It also helps me control my internet addiction when I'm not off the grid, because I can have no browsers running while I code, so I'm not a tab away from HN. [0] https://kapeli.com/dash
Is this mac only?
Zeal is a good offline code docset reader for linux and windows (but not mac!)
The docsets come from Dash, which is very nice since that is payware. So here apple users pay for non-apple users it seems :)
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#7UNIX systems programming can be accomplished by looking at man pages and referencing kernel / user land source code.
I find something cathartic writing C applications and tools. Perhaps I should seek professional help.
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#8A game? Something like Terraria.
Or something cutting edge like a kitesurf kite. They are only about 15 years old, so plenty of room for improvement. Just takes time and many prototypes. Cloth is pretty cheap.
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#9Traditional agriculture :|
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