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I’m packing an off-grid internet in a box for my next post-apocalyptic adventure.

YouTuber Urban Circles lost power one day and clearly spiraled. He wound up creating a self-hosted backup internet, complete with photo syncing, messaging, streaming media, and offline Wikipedia. He was even kind enough to provide instructions for building your own 3D-printed doomsday briefcase.

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