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Re:GitHub was down by groby_b on Monday July 31, 2017 @02:55PM (#14894877)
If your US datacenter melts down under a nuclear war, I can guarantee that none of your devs will give a damn about contributing to the code base.

You might want to modify your scenarios.

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Re:GitHub was down by granda on Monday July 31, 2017 @04:14PM (#14895509)
As someone interested in these scenarios, where could I find out more information about what would happen post-nuclear explosion?
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Re:GitHub was down by groby_b on Monday July 31, 2017 @04:25PM (#14895599)
A lot of this is out in the open

There are active simulations going on: http://www.sciencerecorder.com/article.php?n=scientists-cond...

There are preparedness drills: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics...

There's plenty of policy analysis: https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/social-eco...

Older .mil reports: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA080907

There are entire books taking apart what happens in specific fields: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK219154/

Or you could just read disaster porn^W^W post-apocalyptic sci fi.

So, a lot depends on what kinds of info you want to find. But overall, I'd say it's not worth reading, because life's not going to be much fun. Even if you're prepared.

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Re:GitHub was down by jessaustin on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:12PM (#14896665)
In that event, how much would your "guarantee" be worth? b^)
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Re:GitHub was down by brodock on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:19PM (#14895982)
it depends on your SLA ;)
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