A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus; discussion and examples.

The rare panorama peers into the compact neighborhood, glimpsing narrow dance halls and entire factories tucked inside cramped quarters.

Discord uses a custom markup language. They call it Markdown, while it's not really Markdown. Buzzword.

When a player starts a session, they are the car driver, and each person that joins is seated in one of the other three passenger seats.

Players are automatically connected via voice chat.

The radios stations are real-life internet radio streams and several of them are available in the game world.

.DS_Store means Desktop Services Store. Desktop Services were not released in the end.

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Medical research is largely funded by the pharmaceutical industry, papers ghostwritten by the pharmaceutical industry and influencers paid by the pharmaceutical industry. Regulators are not independent either and so it is that most doctors have become pawns in a system, used to deliver the drugs which provide the fundholders with the maximum profit. So far, the system has failed to eliminate corruption and bias, for one reason only, that is there is no such thing as a free lunch.

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