Android programmer. Picked it up back in 2011 when I was a couple years out of school.

Just aks the server directly. Aks it right in the power cord and then aks the hard drive. Aks it over and over

Iirc they’re indexes for the system wide search feature, Spotlight

Reduced demand (through more deaths) will naturally lower prices

Praise the goddess Anoia!

You’re falling down the Terry Pratchett rabbit hole very effectively! The best way out is to start reading.

Anoia is the goddess of things stuck in drawers. Mrs. Cake is too be avoided because she has precognition but forgets to turn it off during conversations which leads to confusion when she answers a question before you ask it, but insists you ask anyway because she’ll get a terrible headache if you don’t.