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Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash? by truffle_pig on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:59AM (#14947945)
Yeah was trying to communicate "moderate risk", but it's kinda tongue in cheek.
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Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash? by laumars on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:49AM (#14948404)
We got the tongue in cheek point of the comment. However what is being discussed is the ordering. Defcon 1 is more serious than Defcon 5. ie it counts backwards from 5 to 1 as situations become more serious. So your comment should be Defcon 2.

Pedantics aside, I did enjoy those little comments you put alongside the threat level.

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Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash? by jng on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:48PM (#14948931)
You can just write DEFCON 3 and this will communicate the same "moderate risk" message to everyone, no matter their understanding of how DEFCON levels work.
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