I'm 31 here, Prentice, and fairly inexperienced with mailing list workflows. I didn't use them in any job or educational experience prior to $JOB-0.
On one hand, I already have to use Slack for multiple other efforts and communities, so I might already be in the Slack client and it's easy to Ctrl+3 for the SigHPC slack workspace. On the other, I certainly understand where mail is easier to work with, assuming you have a good mail client and/or your first inclination for searching for answers is with a web search engine. I haven't interacted with mailing lists directly enough to have developed a preference for or against the workflow. It certainly doesn't help that I haven't adopted the use of a proper e-mail client. I do think it is harder to be, without thinking of better terms at this moment, "unprofessional" on a public mailing list. I mean "unprofessional" insofar as it is hard to justify making jokes about company X doing something foolish or otherwise not being on my very best behavior. Following that thought, being frustrated and seeking help working with a tech vendored by X elicits the same such worry from me. Just some Monday thoughts, Kevin On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM Prentice Bisbal <[email protected]> wrote: > Me, too, and it makes me sad. :( This mailing list has been super helpful > to me over the years, and it's sad to see that no one really comments or > asks questions here anymore. It seems all the youngsters prefer Reddit, > Slack, etc. - anything but e-mail - to communicate these days. I still > prefer mailing lists, but I'm slowly coming to the realization that might > make me a dinosaur. Never thought I'd see that day. > > I really miss the small, tight-knit community that used to be here. > > Prentice > On 1/12/26 1:12 PM, Lux, Jim (US 3370) via Beowulf wrote: > > Noticing not much traffic.. > > > > > > [image: JPL logo] > > *James Lux* > *Project Manager SunRISE Mission * > 450B – Astro/Helio Flight Projects (45x) > > 362 – Flight Communications and Tracking (36x) > JPL > 4800 Oak Grove Drive > Pasadena, CA 91109 > M: 818.395.2714 > O: 818.354.2075 > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > Prentice Bisbal > HPC Systems Engineer III > Computational & Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) > NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF > NCAR)https://www.cisl.ucar.eduhttps://ncar.ucar.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Kevin Rineer (he, him) Technology Specialist For Mathematics and Computer Science Technology Services 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 Office: 509-526-4745 [email protected]
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