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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by cam-perry on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:24PM (#25224823)
"People Can't Read About Amazon's Servers Being Down Because Eminetra's Servers Are Down"
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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by SilasX on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:02AM (#25229723)
Well, there was the time that the "server down" icon for S3 wouldn't render because it was itself hosted on S3:

>In fact, the five-hour breakdown was so bad, Amazon couldn't even update its own AWS status dashboard: its red warning icons were stranded, hosted on the broken-down side of the cloud.

https://www.theregister.com/2017/03/01/aws_s3_outage/

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Re:Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbe... by quotha on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:36PM (#25224886)
Hosted on AWS no doubt
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