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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by dmurray on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:44PM (#24114362)
> For those saying "Chaos Engineering", first off, the poster is well aware of Chaos Engineering. He's an AWS Hero and the founder of Tarsnap.

Yeah, but did he win the Putnam?

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by hitekker on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:39PM (#24114930)
For reference: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by Terretta on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:44PM (#24114978)
Same thread where Drew from "getdropbox.com" says he also has a "sync and backup done right" idea...
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by OJFord on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:57PM (#24115680)
Brilliant! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35103
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by swyx on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:36PM (#24115953)
i like how the guy recovered with "Just the once, though, huh?"

2007 HN was highly entertaining

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by andyjohnson0 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:13AM (#24118260)
Further context for those of us not in North America: "Putnam" refers to a undergrad mathematics competition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathemat...

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by jedberg on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:54PM (#24115071)
He did, but that particular accolade didn't seem relevant. :)
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by ValentineC on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:24PM (#24116592)
> He's an AWS Hero

I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes. My city has an "AWS Hero" who hoarded the organization of the official AWS meetup for themself, and who is infamous for making liberal use of Cunningham's Law [1] for everything.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by cperciva on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:30AM (#24117171)
I don't pay much heed to AWS Heroes.

Honestly, I don't either. There's a handful of us who are technical and a huge number whose contributions are primarily marketing.

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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:54PM (#24125183)
And Colin isn't anything like that. At all. So aim that anger where it should be directed.
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by qes on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:02PM (#24126547)
AWS Hero, Microsoft MVP.. something about those sorts of recognition seem to attract certain types of people - types seeking the limelight - often not particularly good, ethical, moral, or pleasant types.
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Re:I want to have an AWS region where everything breaks with... by kitteh on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:03AM (#24117062)
This sounds like a legit complaint. Does anyone call them out on this?
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