I got this PC from my dad when he upgraded in like December ish. I’ve been running Kubuntu on it and just using it like a sort of general purpose desktop for me and my wife, but I’ve got a hankering for some tinkering and feel like it has more potential, so I’d love some project ideas!

Original question by @bpt11@sh.itjust.works

  • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idEnglish
    16·
    6 days ago

    Download Wikipedia, seed Anna’s archive for a ratio of 2.1+ and then turn it off.

    Turn it on again in 2 years time and observe.

    • sevenOfKnives@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      gonna need some hard drives lol. wikipedia is only about 100GB. annas archive is like 1PB, and even just the index is 1TB. the various government archives that were collected are at least 500TB (and probably closer to several PB).

      other good things to mirror are probably open source code repos (they get taken down all the time - especially emulators, p2p, and now encryption), libretexts, linux repositories, 3d printed gun files, documentation, project gutenberg, the internet archive, openstreetmaps, the reddit archive, and any other content you find personally valuable - including websites and youtube videos.

      the sum of this data is in the dozens to hundreds of petabytes, which is obviously infeasible so i personally try to curate what i find personally valuable and of highest societal value and risk, and to partially mirror what i can for the rest.

      • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
        10·
        6 days ago

        It’s about the current (threat?) of purging Wikipedia from articles not fitting into the MAGA mind, e.g. climate, gender, race and others, as well as ‘cleaning’ the inventory of public libraries accordingly.

        • zlatko@programming.dev
          2·
          9 hours ago

          No, I meant the “Anna’s archive” bit, and “seed for 2.1+ ratio” and turn it off and on again - what’s that about?

          (sorry for ressurecting the thread, not used to checking notifications here)

          • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
            1·
            8 hours ago

            Annas’s archive, an archive of scientific research articles and books, might be affected as well. As the download is likely a peer to peer torrent type, it is good practice to let (at least 2) others participate by seeding while keeping the own footprint low, to avoid becoming a target of ‘anti piracy’ mafia. Setting the seed ratio to 2.1 in the torrent client does essentially this.