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communication:intermittent [2020/07/24 23:54]
frater_secessus [be ready] 		communication:intermittent [2022/09/13 13:41]
frater_secessus [download YouTube videos]
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 It is common for nomads to have only ocassional access to the internet.  One way to deal with this challenge is to remember how things were done on dial-up internet in the 1990s. It is common for nomads to have only ocassional access to the internet.  One way to deal with this challenge is to remember how things were done on dial-up internet in the 1990s.
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 ===== be ready ===== ===== be ready =====
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   * Pull down offline content.    * Pull down offline content. 
   * upload pics and videos   * upload pics and videos
 +  * check in on forums, subreddits, youtube channels, blogs
   * etc   * etc
  
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   * send pages to your kindle – there are plugins for your browser that will send a cleanly formatted copy of the webpage to your kindle.  Of course your kindle will have to connected at the same time so it can receive the file.  So bring your reader into that starbucks!  :-)   * send pages to your kindle – there are plugins for your browser that will send a cleanly formatted copy of the webpage to your kindle.  Of course your kindle will have to connected at the same time so it can receive the file.  So bring your reader into that starbucks!  :-)
   * if you don't have a kindle you can [[https://getpocket.com/add/|save pages to Pocket]] or similar offline readers.   * if you don't have a kindle you can [[https://getpocket.com/add/|save pages to Pocket]] or similar offline readers.
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 +===== multimedia =====
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 +==== movies ====
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 +Streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, etc, often allow some amount of downloading for future watching.  If your device has [[https://amzn.to/3xnA8Vs|a microSD card]] for storage you may want to point the app to it before downloading.  
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 +Caveats:
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 +  * the number of shows to d/l may be restricted
 +  * the devices to which one can download may be restricted. In particular, rooted/jailbroken devices are often not allowed.
  
  
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 If you require tunnelling, autossh can reconnect when connection is broken.   If you require tunnelling, autossh can reconnect when connection is broken.  
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 +screen and tmux keep shell sessions alive and re-connectable for when the connection is restored. 
communication/intermittent.txt · Last modified: 2022/09/13 13:43 by frater_secessus

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