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Planet of the Paul
Personal blog · planetofthepaul.comcultureprogramming
Planet of the Paul is a personal blog at planetofthepaul.com about culture and programming. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “How to download all of Wikipedia onto a USB flash drive”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's pages on downloading Wikipedia to a USB flash drive for offline use. The single comment cites that page as a resource for an off-grid, cyberdeck-based 'civilisation OS' setup.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Travel adventures, cheap flights, new food, travel tech, and everything else to make your travel life complete!
Most-linked posts?
- How to download all of Wikipedia onto a USB flash drive3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-10-06
What Hacker News says?
1. Get or build an off-grid-powered, rugged cyberdeck: https://hackaday.com/2022/09/04/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-b... https://www.makeuseof.com/best-raspberry-pi-cyberdecks/ 2. Put needed information on cyberdeck: Wikipedia: https://planetofthepaul.com/wikipedia-download-usb-flash/ How To Invent Everything: https://www.amazon.com/dp/073522014X/ And whatever other info you want
Comment linking /wikipedia-download-usb-flash/
on “Ask HN: Does a Civilisation OS Exist?”Submitted How to download all of Wikipedia onto a USB flash drive as a story · 448 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Download All of Wikipedia onto a USB Flash Drive as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My weekend project: A one-stop Solana token analysis hub as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Calculating the time it takes to visit every Starbucks in America as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Testing if Reddit Deletes EXIF Data when you upload photos as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to use Google Sheets to translate a custom list of foreign words as a story · 2 points
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