On the other hand, unreliability never stopped anyone from using a given technology—just look at Microsoft if you don’t believe me. - Charles Stross

Perforce, the family that preys together stays together.

It’s like a steam locomotive or a stone axe: just because it’s obsolete doesn’t make it any less of an achievement, or any less fit for purpose.

Friendly fascism," says Sadeq. "It matters not, whosoever is in charge. I could tell you tales from my parents, of growing up with a revolution. To never harbor self-doubt is poison for the soul, and these aliens want to inflict their certainties upon us."