Yes. Vertical integration means a lot more than what you described. In a nutshell it can be described as "A big upfront cost that is cheaper in the long run." The basic example would go something like this: you make beef jerky. You buy the beef, you rent a kitchen, make the jerky, pay a company for packaging, pay a company to ship it to stores, etc. Then you save up and buy a facility to make the jerky. Then you save up and buy a packaging machine. Then you save up and buy some shipping trucks. Then you save up and buy a farm to raise cattle, etc. That's vertical integration.
My wife said I was a nerd for taking one look at that picture and immediately telling her what episode it was. And I'm not saying she's wrong, but I do wish there was a way to monetize that skill.
Then I have just the thing for you, it's called Project 1999, it's a snapshot of EQ up to the Velious expansion. It takes a bit of work to get installed but between that and many, many variation servers they are the perfect thing to fulfill that throwback MMO itch.
Oh snap I commented on that post! Literally every comment on it has been people pointing that out, I had a whole conversation with the OP being annoyed that people are focusing on that instead of the article itself (which IS fair from OPs side and understandably annoying), but that just highlights how stupid it is for a mod to ban you for it. Also shows arbitrary moderation that no one else got banned, dude had it in for you, definitely a PTB.
Oh agreed 100%, people tend to speak up more about a perceived error than the rest of the article they would otherwise agree with. It's like that meme about how it's easier to get a correct answer on the Internet by first posting an incorrect one, heh.
Obvs we need to move towards renewable energy, but let's be specific about our terms: solar energy and wind energy are not the same thing. Both are renewable but no, wind is not solar, despite their argument that solar energy "causes" wind. It's a nitpick sure but a weird thing to state in the article.
You were today years old when you found out what innocent until proven guilty means. Not just as words, but as a concept. It means even the most obviously guilty person is given the presumption of innocence until they are actually convicted. Would you like to hear some ridiculous but technically possible arguments? Maybe it was his twin brother who drugged the kids. Maybe it was a random person who looks like him. Maybe it was a faked recording. Maybe he had a mental breakdown. None likely, obviously, but each are valid defenses that need to be eliminated to prove guilt. Unless you want to live in a different legal system where they believe it is better for an innocent person to go to jail as opposed to a guilty person sometimes going free.
Jokes on you, I burn both sides! But I like it like that.