Early on, we began to collect information about PC performance, tracking and identifying patterns of behavior that caused negative effects on speed and stability.

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And climate effects could speed up.

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Site speed reduces the momentum in the flywheel of network effects.

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Has the charge of the electron or the speed of light altered over time, or has some combination of effects occurred?

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