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Re:The world should think better about catastrophic and exis... by Forge36 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @06:23PM (#23695465)
But they do care about power outages, hurricanes, tornadoes (maybe not in US-EAST1), cut fiber lines

The probability any one very rare event is low. Preparing for it helps mitigate risks for many other issues however.

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Re:The world should think better about catastrophic and exis... by ashtonkem on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @07:17PM (#23695929)
I believe GPS premise is largely correct, although the metaphor used could use a bit of work.
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