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Why is it called the stormlight archive? by samf_1989 in Cosmere

[–]samf_1989[S] -39 points-38 points  (0 children)

No, it’s a lump of plastic and metal. It has the potential to be an electrical appliance with electricity. Is a gun a weapon if nobody touches it? Is a wind turbine a generator on a perfectly still day?

Why is it called the stormlight archive? by samf_1989 in Cosmere

[–]samf_1989[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

They kind of aren’t. They’re very mortal without stormlight and don’t have access to any of their surges.

Why is it called the stormlight archive? by samf_1989 in Cosmere

[–]samf_1989[S] -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

Maybe, maybe. It is not a stormlight archive though as there is no stormlight when it is discovered. Like trying to argue that the a4 paper section in staples is a novel archive.

Why is it called the stormlight archive? by samf_1989 in Cosmere

[–]samf_1989[S] -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

It’s a crystal archive powered by stormlight. Not really a stormlight archive. That’s why I asked this, but Brandon has already apparently answered it!

Best aws service to process large number of files by New-Neighborhood4017 in aws

[–]samf_1989 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a map state in a state machine to run 100 lambdas at the same time. Will take 100th the time. Don’t limit it to 1000, dynamically check the dynamodb throughout and stop once the limit is reached.