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  "reviewerTimeZone": "America/Chicago",
  "reviewer": "Conduit Technologies, LLC (maker of macCurrent)",
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      "executableArchitectures": ["arm64", "x86_64"],
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    "recordedDownloadURL": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/flyingmeat/Acorn8.zip",
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  "privacy": "Usernames, local paths, record identifiers, account information, and unrelated inventory entries are omitted."
}