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@Strandjunker I understood it. As a teen, I was absolutely certain that the US would lose its position someday. My hope was that I would die of natural causes before it started to happen. But I have been watching for the signs ever since then. I know the general trajectory, so it's not that hard to see when it's happening.

@brianhonan @helpnetsecurity @mozilla but nobody wants to hear that the solution to better health is diet and exercise.

@julie I hope you figure out z-problem.

@oclsc @mattblaze @SteveBellovin Wire you doing this?

@jztusk @hacks4pancakes yes! Though I've found even then that most of the time it doesn't work.

@leapingwoman there aren't many left. Just four if you count Mel's Kitchen on Van Ness.

@lowqualityfacts Soon they'll just be known as D.

@adamshostack @hacksilon I don't see anything inherently wrong with abdication in the short term. Nobody is an expert at everything, and everyone starts as a newb at everything. It's what you do with it over time that matters.

@TobyBartels @lowqualityfacts 2 can be as bad as 1; it's the loneliest number since the number 1.

@julie they were probably attracted by the ham.

@mattblaze the Battalion Chief is the person who shows up in a general purpose vehicle (typically a small SUV these days) painted like the engines/trucks. This person coordinates the firefighting staff for larger incidents.

If you watch the order of vehicles heading to a fire, you can get a sense of the type and severity without knowing anything else about it.

@dacmot @liquor_american @newsguyusa odds are really slim about it being from increased confidence. More likely out of necessity. Energy-based inflation typically reduces elastic spending, so the underlying signal here is a suggestion that most elastic spending was already down near minima and didn't have further room to drop.

@dacmot @liquor_american @newsguyusa because it's measured in gross nominal dollars, not net profit or unit counts. The number of units may be flat or even down, but the total number of dollars spent is up.

@lowqualityfacts he wouldn't say anything because if he opened his beak he'd drop the knife and then where would he be?

@lowqualityfacts I guess he got his just desserts.

@Sea1Am @MarkHoltom what makes this bag cooler than the others? It shouldn't have to be so explicit about it.

@susankayequinn money just allows you to expand the scope of bartering. It's not necessary for commerce, nor is it always the most efficient means of commerce.

@molly0xfff play to your strengths, amirite?

@molly0xfff nice of them to think of you.

@lowqualityfacts wait... You're AI? That explains so much.