low-level intelligence loser

worldisafuck.bsky.social

02 October 2026 21:33

if "your worst moment" is criminal conduct that would cause major reputational damage to your employer if revealed, then yes you do disclose that before you take the job. he should never have put minnmax in this position

robmurrish.bsky.social

17 September 2026 15:10

They should never have been allowed to advertise 99.999999999% durability, and certainly should never be allowed to claim it now.

Patrick Richter

nomadsgate.bsky.social

17 September 2026 15:09

The confidence in redundancy always peaks right before someone forgets to test the failover.

Yes, more than one DC was blown up, but of course DCs being blown up aren't uncorrelated events. We already know that hardware failures like disk failures, CPU failures, etc., are highly correlated events, and those aren't even adversarial failures!

Amazon exec: "you wouldn't notice [if someone blew up a datacenter]. I mean, we might be a bit upset, but you wouldn't notice! [laughs]" Amazon after DCs blown up: "After a thorough assessment, we have determined that we are unable to restore access to the resources and data hosted ...."