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Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by sachinag on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:41PM (#13758234)
Opportunistic, sure. But I did not know about the API interoperability. Given the prices, makes sense to store stuff in both places in case one goes down.
Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by khc on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:05PM (#13758558)
I am surprised more people don't know about it. I get questions like https://github.com/kahing/goofys/issues/158 every now and then and to be fair I don't think they market it well: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/migrating

Disclosure: I don't work for google but have an upcoming interview there.

Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by devmunchies on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:38PM (#13758897)
"Disclosure: I don't work for google but have an upcoming interview there."

Disclosure: I took a tour there one time and have used google.

EDIT: I realized that I was being mean, but why was that disclaimer relevant?

Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by Nexxxeh on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:56PM (#13759513)
A few possible reasons, the most obvious being grandparent is disclosing a possible source of bias.

Also it could look suspicious if grandparent gets the job and at some point in the future someone looks back at this comment.

If in doubt, disclose. Especially in the tech industry, that's what Gamergate was actually about.

Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by timv on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:56PM (#13759038)
> I realized that I was being mean, but why was that disclaimer relevant?

Because:

- transparency is always good

- adding a small disclosure to the bottom of a post is very low impact

- someone who is interviewing for a job at a company is likely to have a set of biases that influence what they say even if they think that they're being honest and objective.

Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by eric_h on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:53PM (#13759008)
I think it's a fair disclosure of potential bias.
Re:Ask HN: Is S3 down? by mbrookes on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:13PM (#13759182)
Frankly, if you don't know the difference between a disclosure and a disclaimer, you shouldn't be commenting.