Capacitor Plague: a remarkable period of very high capacitor failure rates during the '00s. It's believed to be a result of manufacturers trying to steal electrolyte formula but missing important parts.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
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On the remarkable inertia of database and programming language choices early in the life of a company: https://brandur.org/fragments/early-tech-decisions
"What do you call a pointer we stole the high bits off? An ointer." https://docs.rs/ointers/latest/ointers/
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