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notax
12y ago
Becoming a salaryman sounds about as appealing as doing time. On the plus side conjugal visits are a bit more frequent.
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12y ago
Doesn't seem to work. I get an error on any torrent I try, regardless of source or video format.
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12y ago
> So if youve already got dub and you want to cover more of the map fra makes a lot of sense. Aye and there-in lies the rub. Frankfurt is a fine second choice and even an excellent first choice. But of all the excellent choices available
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12y ago
> Also, highly skilled English speaking work force. A huge amount of other US firms based in the area. It's not like English is a problem in the Netherlands, but if you absolutely needed native English speakers then London with LINX
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12y ago
erik_sub, also this comment was invisible due to hellbanning. erik_sub 19 hours ago | link [dead] They are fairly equal. According to self-published statistics AMS-IX is nominally bigger in peak traffic and number of members. Sources: http
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12y ago
erik_sub, you have been hellbanned and your comment (reproduced below) can't be seen by anyone. > Ireland was probably chosen because of low corporate tax rates. Perhaps you are right. It just sounds incredibly short sighted if true
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12y ago
In my experience Germany is far cheaper in traffic costs than the US.
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12y ago
Yes, DE-CIX is the second largest IXP, and it's an obvious SECOND choice. What's not obvious is why Ireland was Amazon's first choice and not Amsterdam which is the premier location with AMS-IX. In other words I was referring
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12y ago
I've always wondered why Amazon put their first EU DC in Ireland, so far away from everything. While Germany is great and all, somewhere more central like Amsterdam would have looked like the obvious choice. Whatever the location, it&#
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12y ago
A fairly large edge case is that it wont work on a cellular iPad at all since you can't receive SMSes out of the box. I hope the SDK detects iPads and offers some kind of alternative login mechanism.