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by DonaldPShimoda 93 days ago
Two different uses of "offline", I think. From my own understanding:

To "go offline" means for something to become inaccessible that was once accessible "online". ("Offline" is an adverb.)

Meanwhile, an "offline" thing is one which is usable even without ever being "online". ("Offline" is an adjective.)

So it becomes:

> "Knowledge That Never [Becomes Inaccessible]"

> "Node for [Accessible-Without-Connection] Media, Archives, and Data"

But definitely confusing to put them right next to each other like that. You'd think a copyeditor would flag it or something.