I think you could make an argument we “lost” in Iraq, and certainly Afghanistan.

I guess they won in Grenada and maybe with Noriega

Can we get a list or wars US has lost?

Oh you are right, that’s Finland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity_package

I think they also gave every new family a safe place for the baby to sleep - a cardboard box.

Doctors being jerks are sometimes required to do professional coaching to improve attitude and communication. Having less hierarchical communication actually improves patient safety, because people are braver to speak up. So feedbacking to someone about the haughty doc might actually be in everyone’s best interest.

(Source doctor who actually had to do that coaching myself at one point and found it helpful)

PS would love to see some haiku

I used to play Diplomacy as a kid. Is this similar?

I love my little XteInx x4. Hides in my pocket. Great for epubs from my friend Anna.

This was so enjoyable. I haven’t been watching the CBS late show. Was it this good?

Stay away from Plumpy!!!

100% in the baking aisle. All the theobromine, no added sugar

I’m perplexed, if given systemically, does it just regrow missing teeth or try to a grow a 3rd tooth where there’s already a functioning adult tooth in place?

We didn’t have any kind of local anesthesia until they figured out cocaine could do this near the end of the 1800s.

Yes.

Except of course for the world falling apart, my country descending into fascism and impending climate diaster.

But for me personally, things are entirely chill.

Improved your sword making skills along the way?

Is there an android 5.0 nethack?

Seems like they changed to Lua for making levels?

Aramaic seems like it was a big deal for a while

Remember the good old days, when Dick Cheney was the most evil thing you could imagine?

If a new machine gives an efficiency advantage over other makers of equivalent commodities - the owner of that machine reaps a financial advantage that is experienced as “generated value”. But as the new machine and any efficiency in production becomes generalized we would expect that ultimately the value of that commodity would actually decrease.