dasmithii

Say you were going to a deserted island with electricity but no internet connection. What 500 gigabytes worth of data/programs/etc would you bring?

Assume you’d have a computer available to you with a functioning OS of some sort

A friend of mine recently graduated with a degree in physics. After finishing school, he realized that he was not interested in academia and did not want to go to graduate school.

He is interested in getting into engineering (SW or mech, most likely), or perhaps data analysis/science. He has some but not tons of programming experience. Decent amount of stats experience.

I'm wondering if anyone here has navigated a similar situation and/or has ideas for possible paths forward.

My scope here is wide. I've enjoyed interviews with Jim Morrison, Charles Manson, and other unusual people of various unrelated walks of life. Documentaries on Jackson Polluck, Mark Borchardt, and others have been interesting as well.

This link enumerates much of what I'm looking for - people or cultures which, whether because of delusion or some other cause, are entirely different from my experience: http://www.listal.com/list/weird-weirder-weirdest-documentaries

Cults are good. Strange artists like Pollock or Morrison are as well. Anyone who has been subjected to bizarre circumstances would probably get my mind churning.

Thanks.