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Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by garbagewoman »

danparsonson wrote: post #14
garbagewoman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An ai chatbot might be a more accessible way to access information. Also, batteries and solar exist

Exactly what you want during a disaster - a chatbot confidently hallucinating nonsense answers to your questions when you can't verify them.

I wouldn’t be that hysterical Dan. It could be used to point the user in a direction that is helpful, in the same way as they are used now. Its well known that chatbots hallucinate, yet many people use them, by choice, because they find them helpful.

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

garbagewoman wrote: post #41
danparsonson wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly what you want during a disaster - a chatbot confidently hallucinating nonsense answers to your questions when you can't verify them.

I wouldn’t be that hysterical Dan. It could be used to point the user in a direction that is helpful, in the same way as they are used now. Its well known that chatbots hallucinate, yet many people use them, by choice, because they find them helpful.

It's not hysterical to point out a problem.

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by RetroTechie »

josefritzishere wrote: post #38

It seems unlikely that collapse would ocurr in a sequence conveinient to the use of tech toys for survival. The correct steps and sequence are to read books, practice skills, buy seeds, build off-grid infrastructure. That doesnt mean zero tech, but it's strictly tertiary.

> It seems unlikely that collapse would ocurr in a sequence conveinient to the use of tech toys for survival.

That's a common misunderstanding:

Our 'installed base' of technology / equipment would not disappear or disintegrate in most types of collapse. Your gadgets would keep working just fine (hardware-wise, that is).

What is susceptible to failure: communications (internet, cell networks, electronic payment systems, etc), power grid, logistics chains (supermarket supply, postal services etc), social structures, law & order (riots, looting), 3rd party-provided services, and probably more.

Also: unless a km+ sized meteor hits, truly large-scale collapse is more likely to happen gradually rather than overnight.

So: think power out, internet cut & riots in the street. With off-grid solar, and software (+data) that works offline, you can enjoy your tech toys just fine.

The tricky thing here is the degree to which daily-used tech requires external services to do anything useful.

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by garbagewoman »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #42
garbagewoman wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn’t be that hysterical Dan. It could be used to point the user in a direction that is helpful, in the same way as they are used now. Its well known that chatbots hallucinate, yet many people use them, by choice, because they find them helpful.

It's not hysterical to point out a problem.

It is - in my opinion - hysterical, to point out a single problem as if its the end of the world

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by prepperdisk »

dismalpedigree wrote: post #8
jl6 wrote: post #3

I think most people would be better off just putting Kiwix on their phones: https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

This prepper disk is almost assuredly just Kiwix server on a raspberry pi.

It isn’t, actually. Kiwix, IIAB, Rachel, and a custom web interface and search implementation- along with licensed and commissioned content. Kiwix is cool (and a partner of ours) but a Prepper Disk is a lot more than Kiwix.

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by geenkeuse »

IlikeKitties wrote: post #36
qwertox wrote: post #33

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Stuff like this makes me think about the benefits which developing countries currently have. They have access to such a vast amount of information, like Wikipedia, any book on AA or torrents, YouTube tutorials, free AI chatbots and what not. Yet the social problems like the ones caused through corruption, localized conflicts and wars are so big, that none of this information is of any value. Who's to blame?

But don't a lot of developing countries have similar access? And especially torrenting is much more common in less developed countries where there's no copyright enforcement.

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Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by doctorpangloss »

qwertox wrote: post #33
IlikeKitties wrote: post #5

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> The product offering of an AI chatbot for when the power goes out made me laugh out loud. To be fair, the current iteration of this is of course bullshit but imagine this in 10 years when raspberry pi sized devices can easily host AIs that outperform or at least match current best models and has been specifically trained to be an emergency assistant. Kinda reminds me of the public access defibrillators that talk yo…

Stuff like this makes me think about the benefits which developing countries currently have. They have access to such a vast amount of information, like Wikipedia, any book on AA or torrents, YouTube tutorials, free AI chatbots and what not. Yet the social problems like the ones caused through corruption, localized conflicts and wars are so big, that none of this information is of any value. Who's to blame?

I don’t know who it is in other countries. But here, as corruption and local conflicts rise, without a doubt, 100%, it’s going to be libertarians.

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by kilroy123 »

bombcar wrote: post #17
imglorp wrote: post #13

Is there a public list of shtf type materials like this if someone wanted to collect or edit their own material?

There are a number of various things you can find, depending on what you're looking for. Years ago I found a torrent called "The Ark" which is a collection of various other torrents from different sources, and includes all sorts of random data that could be quite useful in a shtf scenario. At 238GB it's not that large.

hmm know what I can search for to find this?

Re: Prepper Disk

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Post by techer »

kilroy123 wrote: post #49
bombcar wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a number of various things you can find, depending on what you're looking for. Years ago I found a torrent called "The Ark" which is a collection of various other torrents from different sources, and includes all sorts of random data that could be quite useful in a shtf scenario. At 238GB it's not that large.

hmm know what I can search for to find this?

Assuming it’s this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DHExchange/comments/1ejtk6z/a_prepp...

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