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by ChrisArchitect 797 days ago
I get the cyberdeck naming, but why is this called a "Recovery Kit"? What's being recovered? Never really talks about use cases. Just a cool way to get online on the go?
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The original article [1], from 2019, briefly explains the concept:

> Building Internet-connected things seems obvious today, but what about when there’s no Internet?

> The concept often feels like something out of a science fiction movie or a doomsday prepper’s handbook- and while this device can work in both scenarios, it’s also about understanding resiliency for your projects and being a good steward of the systems in place today.

[1] https://www.doscher.com/work-recovery-kit/

From the title alone, my first guess was that it was for hangovers