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Re:We reduced our server costs by moving away from AWS by dalmo3 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:02PM (#33011861)
> labyrinthine bureaucracy

This is a reference to the country Brazil [0], which centers on...

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-18020623

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Re:We reduced our server costs by moving away from AWS by boltzmann-brain on Thursday September 29, 2022 @07:05AM (#33018897)
> labyrinthine bureaucracy

This is a reference to "the rule of the desk" [0], and "an elaborate, confusing structure", which centers on a monster [1], in this case a bureaucrat at a desk

[0] https://www.workhuman.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-bureaucrac...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth

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