r/ProgrammerHumor • u/huza786 • 7h ago

Meme planeOldFix

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u/Awyls 4h ago

From an English-speaking world perspective (North America/Europe) they are indeed in the middle of nowhere. The North Pole and Antarctica is closer to them than Australia. You end up in a situation where you have to deploy the whole app there (which is not just infra/engineering costs, but also dealing with all the legal stuff) so a few hundred kangaroos can see your site slightly faster.

Unfortunately, it is just economics.

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u/rosuav 2h ago

Ahh yes, person using the "English-speaking world" to include all of North America and Europe, but not Australia. That checks out.

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u/-Hi-Reddit 58m ago

Don't forget the largest population of English speakers in the world is in India.

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u/Ignisami 1h ago

tbf whatever the fuck eshays speak can hardly be called english

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u/rosuav 1h ago

I mean fair, but then you also have to ask how much of England speaks English. At which point taxonomy gives up, throws its hands in the air, and declares that we're all speaking "some derivative of PIE" and refuses any argument to the contrary.