Tonight on GeekNights, apropos of nothing in particular, we talk about outages. In the news, Slack started the new year with <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22213105/slack-outage-down-2021-server-error">a major outage</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html">Google employees are unionizing</a>, and Scott found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision">Turbo Vision</a>. Welcome to 2021!<h2>Related Links</h2><h3>Forum Thread</h3><ul><li><a href="https://community.frontrowcrew.com/t/2862/">GeekNights Monday - Outages</a></li></ul><h3>Things of the Day</h3><ul><li>Rym - <a href="https://twitter.com/standardregular/status/1345933699645403138">19th century "ASCII" advertisements</a></li><li>Rym - <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-ascii-mystery-face/483698/">Solving a Century-Old Typographical Mystery</a></li><li>Scott - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vPNcnYWQ4">Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths</a></li></ul>

Tonight on GeekNights, apropos of nothing in particular, we talk about outages. In the news, Slack started the new year with a major outage, Google employees are unionizing, and Scott found Turbo Vision. Welcome to 2021!Related LinksForum ThreadGeekNights Monday - OutagesThings of the DayRym - 19th century "ASCII" advertisementsRym - Solving a Century-Old Typographical MysteryScott - Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths

Tonight on GeekNights, apropos of nothing in particular, we talk about outages. In the news, Slack started the new year with <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/4/22213105/slack-outage-down-2021-server-error" rel="noopener noreferrer">a major outage</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/technology/google-employees-union.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google employees are unionizing</a>, and Scott found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision" rel="noopener noreferrer">Turbo Vision</a>. Welcome to 2021!Related LinksForum Thread<ul><li><a href="https://community.frontrowcrew.com/t/2862/" rel="noopener noreferrer">GeekNights Monday - Outages</a></li></ul>Things of the Day<ul><li>Rym&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/standardregular/status/1345933699645403138" rel="noopener noreferrer">19th century "ASCII" advertisements</a></li><li>Rym&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-ascii-mystery-face/483698/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Solving a Century-Old Typographical Mystery</a></li><li>Scott&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7vPNcnYWQ4" rel="noopener noreferrer">Making an unpickable lock. Calling locksmiths</a></li></ul>

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