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How Amazon Uses Explosive-Resistant Devices To Transfer Data To AWS

dtm: okay. amazon has designed a data center storage/compute unit called Snowball, using space shuttle shock-resistant high-temp desert sand-proof techniques, tested by dropping it from 28 feet on all faces and corners dozens of times

The Real Story Behind the Apollo 11 Computer Error

dtm: NASA hired a guy who had never written a computer program before, and he became an apollo programmer with correct code, but the hardware configuration got maligned and crashed Apollo's software
   

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