Hello Branden, G. Branden Robinson dijo [Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 02:00:48PM -0500]:
[this message is long; no one requires you to read it] (...) Hi Andreas, Gianfranco, Matthias, and Gerardo, At 2025-03-21T09:00:23+0100, Andreas Tille wrote:Please take my deliberate silence as a signal that, as a potential DPL, I am not willing to reinforce a pattern that has been frequently criticized.Use of passive voice makes your meaning unclear. Who has made criticisms, and which (of many possible) patterns do you perceive? At 2025-03-21T08:46:56+0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:I wanted to write some more detailed answers in previous questions, but I also know that writing long emails have two bad side effects: 1) I waste people time if I dont summarize enough 2) I have less and less readers every additional word I write.Claude Shannon established a limit to data compression. The more information you impart in a message, the longer it _must_ be. Concision respects one's audience. Oversimplification, evasion, and omission of pertinent material insult--or worse, deceive--that audience.
I am very sorry, but please: don't be blunt. I hve explicitly told you that I enjoy reading you. Your texts are often delightful to read because you master language, and because you are quite analytical and intelligent. But yes, you often abuse that, and end up over-illustrating, abusing in details. And, yes, repeating yourself. Maybe not only in a single mail, but in a series of mails on the same topic. You are clearly not following Shannon's limits on data compression. Are there things you have already said? Did they get answers different to what you expected? Well, probably that's because some people do not agree with you. Some items didn't get answers at all? Maybe they didn't resonate with the readers, or even with the explicit recipients.
The questions for DPL should be concise, easily readable for non-native speakers, and require possibly short answersGood advice. I believe my questions satisfy these criteria. If you disagree, please be specific. All can be satisfactorily answered with "yes" or "no".
I am sure you can read the lack of answers to your "position statement" perfectly as an "unwillingness to engage". – Gunnar.
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