Premise: Thus, 11 billion pieces is an extreme lower bound on the number of preprints carried by the Postal Service.

Hypothesis: The Postal Service carries preprints.
Answer: yes

Premise: A message, which could be deciphered by a forward (yes, forward, not backward) zero-one code: copy-paste.

Hypothesis: A message was a code.
Answer: yes

Premise: oh God wouldn't that be horrible of course uh-huh

Hypothesis: We should try to prevent it.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Jim is such a giving person, so committed to helping those less fortunate.

Hypothesis: He was cheap and never gave money to those in need.
Answer: no