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2xfo (rndanger@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 01:30:11 JST 2xfo
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People ask if the word data is singular or plural but I've never had "fewer data", which tells me it's uncountable

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  Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 01:30:11 JST Robert Link
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  @RnDanger https://www.bennetyee.org/http_webster.cgi?isindex=datum&method=exact
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  2xfo (rndanger@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 01:30:12 JST 2xfo
  
  Countable: more or fewer
  More pedestrians, fewer cars
  Uncountable: more or less
  More happiness, less strife
  "You can always have more, but don't count on less."
  - me. I wrote this
  
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