Sorry, I had asked the chatbot to write those reports, and it never occurred to me that this wasn't obvious.
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 On Thu, May 7, 2026, 2:19 AM Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote: > Dale R. Worley said on Wed, 06 May 2026 21:57:09 -0400 > > >> From: [email protected] > > > >> [Regarding https://gist.github.com/blu-jabr [I've somehow lost the > >> record of where John sent that out. -DRW]] > > > >Well, it reads like you've written it to be read by a very select > >community of people with a *lot* of common knowledge. > > That's putting it charitably. It could also be that some folks try to > look smart with verbiage others can't understand, including made-up > phrases. Sidecar whatever instead of two processes handing off to each > other, just as one example. We've all been doing that the last 40 > years. Or more. > > >That is, I > >couldn't make hide nor hair of it. > > You're not alone, brother. But then, I wasn't going to take 6 hours > looking up every phrase and figuring out whether it's meaningful or > bullshit. > > Look at Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's a pretty smart guy, and pretty secure > in his intelligence. He explains in common English, and when he needs to > use jargon he explains the jargon in common English. > > Check out the two reviews on my book, Samba Unleashed: > > https://www.amazon.com/Samba-Unleashed-Steve-Litt/dp/0672318628 > > LOL, pay no attention to the reference to Owen Lloyd: He wasn't > involved, and Sams Publishing's failure to correct this is one of the > many reasons I self-published the rest of my books. > > But anyway, absolutely any halfway technical person could understand my > book, and I didn't need to make up even one buzzword or buzzphrase. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > > http://444domains.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
