localized

Yes, those network effects might be localized (each city is its own network), but they're still incredibly strong.

Every sufficiently large corporation exerts influence or receives favors as a localized tax source or employer of voters.

Paul Graham wrote about how the internet revolution may be relatively localized -- Silicon Valley doesn't need many competitors.

If you aren't convinced try googling for help on writing VBA macros in localized version of Excel or Word.

Wouldn't a low yield nuclear weapon detonated at a relatively low altitude generate a localized EMP?

Rivers are super dynamic and are effectively a side effect of localized water cycles and geology.

If interactive use is localized but scripting is not then that no longer applies.

Unfortunately not all windows commands accept SIDs, and you'll need to know the localized name for the 'everyone' group to call them.

It's a localized network effect only if they are isolated to local areas.

That argument would make a lot more sense, if the NYT, like my local newspaper, were merely a re-wrapped slightly localized Reuters news feed.

If you're pumping out mass quantities of fossil water, be prepared for an eventual end, and localized subsidence, depending on the depth/structure of the formation.

Cloud providers bring you not just localized infrastructure, but distributed infrastructure, with clear mechanisms for scaling as needed, plus support, etc.

I'm not sure "honor killings" rank on the list of why double-checking localized fonts on devices is important.

In short, if you write a script that uses /Y to indicate "yes" as an option to a command, then that script will fail on computers which are set to a language where /Y doesn't mean "yes", and where the command is localized accordingly.

Also, I argue that your line-of-sight is increased by "low-altitude" EMP blasts (30 000 ft for a localized EMP on a bomber vs >100 000 ft for high-altitude EMP) whereas a nuclear detonation probably occurs at much lower altitude (~2 000 ft), so the higher altitude could in theory attack a much larger area as far as power is concerned.

Edit: Somehow I think that the real danger of radiation comes from radioactive stuff that can be aspirated or ingested, not from "some well-localized thing that is radioactive" and thus any kind of "fear of radiation" is mostly irrational (given that one does not go near radiation sources unnecessarily).