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I also recommend building your own power station, ISP, and power station so you’re not reliant on centralised services.


Our data centres have two power feeds, UPS on one of the legs, and backup diesel generators.

Network is resilient via fibres in different directions.

My laptop has a backup UPS built in. If wifi breaks, I can tether off my phone.

Power, ISP, UPS and Generators have all failed, but none are as ropey as slack (At least in the west - we had power issues in our Kabul officer earlier today, although even then slack has more outages than that)


If we’re going to extremes: why not outsource having a CEO? I mean. A company that gives you a managing director or chief executive can do so with far more availability than just one guy!

But really. Your statement is absurdist, critical infrastructure doesn’t have to be outsourced. It’s a choice and there are trade offs.




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