Re: Wishing for an off-topic mail list with debian-user participants (or most of them) (was: Re: On improving mailing list [was: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian])
On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 14:56:30 -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
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> Hmm, afaiac, it would be nice to have an off-topic list with the hopes of a lot
> of the people on debian-user might subscribe to it.
Nice? Really? There was one. It failed abysmally in its task. The boys
and girls post here what they want when they want. 150+ off-topic posts
in a recent thread, ranging from comments on user behaviour to plonking
to 300 baud modems. Self-discipline abandonned.
> Somewhat relevant to the subject of an off-topic mailing list, I'm now puzzling
> over why an NiMH AA battery tested to hold 18 maHrs seems to power an LED
> flashilight for many hours longer than an NiMH AAA battery tested to hold 120
> maHrs (ratio is like 24 hours to 3 hours -- how can that possibly be? (I'd
> give a few more details if I was actually askinjg the question on that off-
> topic mail list.
This paragrapgh illustrates my point. Something is suggested then taken
immediately off-topic. All in the space of a single mail. There isn't
any solution. Lie back and think of Debian :).
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