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oscarwaoon Amazon plans to lay off 14,000 managerial positions to save $3.5B yearly

Turns out this story is bogus. https://www.fastcompany.com/91302948/amazon-layoffs-14000-ma...

oscarwaoon Troubles with the AWS web console

So did AWS. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/

Not just a shell but a robust IDE in the cloud.

It's here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-onenote/id78480155...

oscarwaoon AWS Olympics: Speed-Testing EC2 and S3 Across Regions

Keep in mind that the S3 Virgnia location (known as US Standard Regionin AWS terms) includes endpoints in Virginia and in the Pacific Northwest. Hence that may be why the Virginia to Virginia numbers were high compared to the other regions.

"The US Standard Region automatically routes requests to facilities in Northern Virginia or the Pacific Northwest using network maps." http://aws.amazon.com/s3/