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I've seen lots of really silly projects about resilient computing that miss the forest for the trees (and feel a bit like LARPing) but this is actually a fairly

I've seen lots of really silly projects about resilient computing that miss the forest for the trees (and feel a bit like LARPing) but this is actually a fairly sensible project that makes good tradeoffs (though the comments in this post about connectors and SD cards are good.) Remember, the title here is "Off-Grid" not "Post cataclysmic disaster". There's lots of quotidian off-grid experiences people experience all the time. Sometimes you end up in "nature" where there is power but it's a bit hard to come by and you're a day or two out from civilization. Sometimes you're traveling and you just don't have a power outlet with steady power near you or you just have enough access on a plane/train/etc to power your smartphone and nothing else. My partner's parents' power was knocked out during a hurricaine a couple years ago and they were without power for a few days. They had their smartphones but wanted to conserve power in case they needed maps or something. This solution actually works quite well for that situation.

tablespoon 4y ago
> Remember, the title here is "Off-Grid" not "Post cataclysmic disaster". There's lots of quotidian off-grid experiences people experience all the time. That's what the title says, but he's also trying to EMP shield it, so he's definitely thinking about "post cataclysmic disaster" cases. If the bombs fall, I don't think PC will be very useful, and putting effort into making sure you have one actually seems like it could do more harm than good. My sense is there might be fallacy underlying this of computer-people assuming the tool they're most skilled with will always remain important and useful to them.
- Karrot_Kream 4y ago
  Hm I did fine the EMP shield to be silly and sorta mentally edited it out. Maybe you're right. I still think this project is more practical than most.

tablespoon 4y ago

> Remember, the title here is "Off-Grid" not "Post cataclysmic disaster". There's lots of quotidian off-grid experiences people experience all the time. That's what the title says, but he's also trying to EMP shield it, so he's definitely thinking about "post cataclysmic disaster" cases. If the bombs fall, I don't think PC will be very useful, and putting effort into making sure you have one actually seems like it could do more harm than good. My sense is there might be fallacy underlying this of computer-people assuming the tool they're most skilled with will always remain important and useful to them.

Karrot_Kream 4y ago
Hm I did fine the EMP shield to be silly and sorta mentally edited it out. Maybe you're right. I still think this project is more practical than most.