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Also known as Hard Truths.

• Good Star Trek ended after Enterprise
• Deep Space 9 was peak Star Trek
• The Disney Star Wars trilogy wasn't that bad
• Return of the Jedi was worse than The Last Jedi
• Planet of Twilight was better than the Young Jedi Knights series
• Post-Disney Star Wars Expanded Universe is even better than the Legends EU
• The B. Herbert/K.J. Anderson Dune novels aren't that bad, just not as good as Frank Herbert's
• Goonies is not great
• The Mandalorian proved that shows like Star Trek: Discovery could have captured the source material's vintage feel while still being excellent

• C89 was perfect except for implicit declaration
• JavaScript shouldn't be used except in the browser
• OOP shouldn't be attempted in C, or any language not designed with OOP in mind
• Cryptocurrency is a great technology but an unreliable investment
• Newer version of Windows have no place in a production environment
• Modern Linux is easier to install and use than modern Windows
• Quantum computing has definite practical applications, but will not replace traditional computing for simple calculations and logical operations
• Modern deep learning AI is not so far removed from simple curve-fitting algorithms and is no more capable of bias, racism, malice, or any other anthropomorphic quality than a spreadsheet
• We don't necessarily need Linux, AI, or any other high-level technologies in most IoT devices, and adding them where they aren't needed is the source of most of IoT's security, privacy, and power consumption issues
• If it can't run DOOM then it isn't useful for day-to-day computing
• True privacy or trustless computing is ultimately impossible in the modern age, and there's nothing you can reasonably do about it except be aware of it
• Ender 3 remains one of the best choices for someone's first FDM 3D printer, in terms of capability and out-of-box experience

• Ulfric Stormcloak was wrong
• The USA not using metric is Benjamin Franklin's fault
• The USA saying "soccer" instead of "football" is Britain's fault
• All the common arguments for Simulation Theory are trite and if applied consistantly could argue for or against any possibility

• Taco Bell and Little Ceasar's aren't bad for the price
• Sriracha is excellent on tex-mex dishes
• American cheese isn't Kraft Singles, the USA has a complex and proud heritage of quality cheeses
• Orange cheese in America is Britain's fault
• Tapenade is better than caviar in all situations
• Supermarket "greek yogurt" is just decent yogurt, and real Greek yogurt should be the consistency of neufchatel
• Discount day-old baked goods are the only logical choice unless you want something specialty or plan to eat the whole thing in a single day