MelonArmiger

Truth is socially constructed. There is no reality independent of people, collectively. You tech types have got to understand that if you want to be let back in from the yard.

A functioning society has no room for this kind of extreme-free-speach individualist rabble-rousing, and declaring war on democracy and The People was never a fight you could hope to win or get any positive result out of.

Someone reincarnated Wesley Crusher as a political commentator? How utterly bizarre.

Vacuum tubes don't have the longest "natural" lifespan, but you also have to remember that early manufacturing techniques mean a lot more "bad batch" variability.

When part performance is more unpredictable, ease of maintenance is a much bigger deal for everybody all across the price/quality range.