I like the idea of an LLM that acts as a public knowledge base. But that doomsday framing on the site is pretty annoying.
iandanforth 13 minutes ago [-]
I like this idea! I don't need the LLM bits, and want it to run on an old Android tablet I have lying around. Can anyone recommend similar software where I can get wikipedia / street maps / useful tutorial videos nicely packaged for offline use?
JanisIO 2 hours ago [-]
Anyone thought about using a Steam Deck with this? Or explored the concept of a "Nomad Deck"?
wds 30 minutes ago [-]
Not sure how good of an idea a Steam Deck would be for this. If you can't access Wikipedia, I imagine a replacement for its unprotected glass screen would be harder to come by if you drop it.
c0balt 2 hours ago [-]
It might be an interesting idea given that the Steam Deck has reasonable amount of RAM/GPU. The main issue for a knowledge base might be the lack of a physical keyboard though.
mhitza 6 minutes ago [-]
It has built in microphones though.
bpavuk 32 minutes ago [-]
turns out I have the same setup (sans local LLMs - they are pretty useless on 2018 cards) but in Obsidian :)
whatever I think might be useful later, I capture through the web clipper extension. [0]
Missing a chance to note (or configure for?) installation on a Raspberry Pi --- that'd make an affordable option to leave powered down, but ready to go in an EMI-shield/Faraday Cage.
I used it on a long train trip. There was no internet due to drone attacks, and with Kiwix I could browse pre-downloaded Wikis
cousinbryce 48 minutes ago [-]
I’m convinced that the multitude of off-line Internet tools is a ploy to keep any one of them from gaining traction
lucasluitjes 20 minutes ago [-]
The ones mentioned in this thread all use Kiwix for off-line wikipedia, OSM for maps, Khan for educational videos. It looks like internet-in-a-box is aimed at working well on low-powered devices, whereas nomad expects beefy hardware and includes local AI. Not sure how WROLPi differs from internet-in-a-box.
Maybe it's like linux distros: all based on the same software, but optimized for different use-cases or preferences.
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moffers 2 hours ago [-]
Really clever targeting of a niche. I’d be interested to hear if they find success!
shevy-java 1 hours ago [-]
So how does that work?
WJW 58 minutes ago [-]
It never goes offline by already being offline.
tsss 3 hours ago [-]
I was expecting the game from my childhood and was disappointed.
aquariusDue 2 hours ago [-]
Yeah, that game was really ahead of its time. I still hold out hope some indie studio will attempt a spiritual successor.
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In the meanwhile, wikipedia ships wikidata, which uses RDF dumps (and probably 8x less compressed than it should be).
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_download
There is room for a third option leveraging commercial columnar database research.
https://adsharma.github.io/duckdb-wikidata-compression/
whatever I think might be useful later, I capture through the web clipper extension. [0]
[0]: https://obsidian.md/clipper
https://internet-in-a-box.org/
https://wrolpi.org/
I used it on a long train trip. There was no internet due to drone attacks, and with Kiwix I could browse pre-downloaded Wikis
Maybe it's like linux distros: all based on the same software, but optimized for different use-cases or preferences.