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Re:Slack was experiencing an outage by randomsearch on Thursday May 20, 2021 @02:50PM (#27225441)
I also recommend building your own power station, ISP, and power station so you’re not reliant on centralised services.
Re:Slack was experiencing an outage by iso1631 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:07PM (#27225658)
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)

Re:Slack was experiencing an outage by dijit on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:21PM (#27225800)
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.