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A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #Wikipedia , #OpenStreetMap , #Appropedia and #OpenSourceEcology project.

Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".

(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart infrastructure as needed)

The EN Wikipedia with Pictures ( #kiwix ) is only 110 GB, will easily fit on a modern pendrive.

Is it a good symbol of a better future?

#library #sustainability #openSource

#sustainability #OpenSource #openstreetmap #Wikipedia #solarpunk #library #kiwix #Symbol #appropedia #opensourceecology
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alxd of the Story Seed Library
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Because let's be honest, "a pendant with the sum of human knowledge" is an absurdly awesome #scienceFiction theme. And it's doable for less than $20.

We're just not thinking about it in such cultural categories xD What is wrong with our civilization?!

For Solarpunk it would be a symbol of the lack of dependency on the Internet, the Clouds, on being able to restart the local community and technology with all the knowledge - if needed.

#ScienceFiction
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
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I would love one if it could be made really everything-proof.

It would be the saddest thing if a bit of sweat or water would damage it, or its data succumbs to bit rot and ends up corrupted.

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@sarajw To be extra sure, maybe have it come with physical copies of books like «How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler» or «The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm». But I guess that'd kinda get us more in into prepper / dystopia realm than into the solarpunk one. 🤔

@alxd

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
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@das_g you've both got me looking now for the smallest thing available - this isn't high enough capacity for all of Wikipedia, but clearly would be easy to sneak into something else: amzn.eu/d/gubcRTr
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alxd of the Story Seed Library
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@das_g @sarajw

We do what we must
Because
We can

Seriously speaking, Ive seen Verbatims and similar Nano / Pico series, even a tiny 256 GB Samsung that would fit. I wonder if USB-C is useful for that purpose, or a dual plug.

I like the idea of a wooden medallion that should easily fit either of these

@Sara Joy :happy_pepper: @das-g
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
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@das_g the only issue I can see is that some of these mini devices apparently get very hot - and insulating them in some wood may not be the best idea.
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For the (vast, yet in comparison probably rather miniscule) readily digitized and compiled (in the sense of "collected into a single work") part of that sum, anyway.

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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@alxd of the Story Seed Library you're missing the other half of human knowledge, project gutenberg (also available as a kiwix dump), but it adds another 90GB or so.

currently my “sum of human knowledge” disk is at around half a TB, of which 395G are kiwix dumps (the rests are mostly distros and a few odd small things), and it's a bit more than would easily fit on a pendant, but the pendant look would be really cool!

@alxd of the Story Seed Library

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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@alxd of the Story Seed Library correction, a bit more than would easily fit on a $20 pendant.

I've just realized that the computer shops next door¹ carries 512GB microSD cards, they are only still quite expensive (~60EUR), but I expect that they will come down in price faster than wikipedia is growing

¹ FSVO next, or for somebody else's door :D

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