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Uh, it's been coined for decades now.

Literally mythical man month

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Interest rates rose above 0% for the first time in a decade and suddenly profit became more important than growth.

Edit: actually I'm wrong and it's more complicated than that, but in essence the era of free money came to an end. Interest rates were increasing before 2020 in very gradual increments, but then went to zero, also accompanied by a lot of money being injected into the system.

https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart

So the sudden change at the end of the chart is what caused the regime change driving the trend of growth-driven companies trying to generate a profit - many not having a clue how to do it because they've never done it before.

Attempts to suppress knowledge of jury nullification are unfortunately also a long established tradition.

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Lol @ 115V with my 3kW kettle.

If I could get a 3-phase kettle I would do it.

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Ha ha Darién Gap

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I'll see how the $50 AliExpress knock-off version works in a year or two

NT is (was?) a trademark of Canada's Northern Telecom.

Iain Banks' book The Business features an organisation where people vote for their leaders. It was quite credible, I thought.