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In reality, as long as the zaibatsu kept the factories running, the rail lines expanding, and the shipyards operating at capacity, the men in Tokyo didn’t trouble themselves too much with the details.

The Forgotten Mistake That Killed Japan's Software Industry - Disrupting Japan

disruptingjapan.com

The first web browser, called WorldWideWeb, was created in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He then recruited Nicola Pellow to write the Line Mode Browser, which displayed web pages on dumb terminals; it was released in 1991.

Web Browser - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The fact that “Severance” streams on Apple, and that its aesthetic is pointedly Jobsian, is a relevant irony. We love our iPhones, but we’d rather not think about what it takes to make them.

“Severance” Is Sci-Fi for the Soul

newyorker.com

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