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I wouldn't risk it.

Both Americans and Israelis are known for double taps. Surely Iran can adapt their tactics too.

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> this would require human intervention

that's the difference between heroes and ordinary employees who bitch about having to go into the office twice a month.

same as the stories you hear of guys taking snow-cats up a mountain in a blizzard to restore phone circuits or radio transmitters gone offline.

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Man, don’t be a “hero” trying to restore a lower ping to someone trying to buy a kindle in Jeddah.
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What about local hospitals which may have service from that data center? There are heroes needed everywhere, all the time.
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In that case, the hero was the person who avoided relying on a single AZ when they deployed to cloud.
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I'm sure bezos will be really happy someone is being a hero for him in a war zone while he sails his newest yacht to wherever the new version of the island is.
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on second thought there is a difference between restoring critical infrastructure in times of crisis vs restoring bot infrastructure for indian spamming operations. choose wisely
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But I mean,are the employees safe at home? I guess if the really targeted the data center then home is safer, but in the fog of war maybe the data center wasn't the target?
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> this would require human intervention

Amazon has self-propelled robots that handle their logistics and fulfillment, don't they? Send in the robots.

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