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by 082349872349872 822 days ago
Somewhere I saw an observation that the SF trope of "humans discover ancient technology, attempt to use it, hilarity ensues" fails suspension of disbelief for contemporary audiences, because we all know that right after the protagonists discover the ancient alien tech and switch it on, it'd be bricked for a good part of the next decade trying to retrieve and apply patches dating to when the Myriapoda first walked on dry land...

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