Coincidentally that's what I do (to some extent). I use the following offline re...

logicallee · on Dec 10, 2014

wow, so, this is what in my mind I was caricaturing. Offline living is basically incompatible with the knowledge available on the Internet, and what you mention are super unreasonable steps for normal users to take.

nitrogen · on Dec 10, 2014

super unreasonable steps for normal users to take.

Only because people have "forgotten" how to build offline apps.

logicallee · on Dec 10, 2014

no, it really is super unreasonable.

ce4 · on Dec 10, 2014

I disagree. I'm not a luddite. First, I didn't say that I use that exclusively. And furthermore:

* it's nice to have knowledge at hand when offline (commuting via train, abroad w/o a local data plan, no gsm coverage, edge connection instead of 4G)

* saves bandwidth for my 1GB/month data plan when appropriate

* Aard dict can be used to evade filtering (not my primary concern, but there are people in other countries who might benefit)

walterbell · on Dec 10, 2014

Travelers with intermittent connectivty are best served by offline databases with async/push updates.