Re: [Gimp-user] News list being retired
Hi!
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:09:33 +0200
Jernej Simončič <#/&+-'={*_~}$.`?@eternallybored.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, October 20, 2022, 23:49:49, Joel Rees via gimp-user-list wrote:
>
> > Ah, but it's not new and shiny and easy to check off the to-do lists.
>
> Main problem with usenet is the barrier to entry. Everybody has a browser,
> many people use e-mail (mostly only for work), but barely anybody still uses
> a newsreader (or even knows that they exist and what Usenet even is).
>
There is "google groups": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups .
"usenet is the old reddit" ;]
re "barrier to entry" see:
https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/philosophy/putting-cards-on-the-table-2019-2020/#selling-for-stupider-ppl
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Road#A_metaphorical_%22Royal_Road%22_in_famous_quotations
.
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Re: [Gimp-user] News list being retired
From: =?utf-8?Q?Jernej_Simon Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:09:33 +0200 > ... barely anybody still uses a newsreader (or even knows that > they exist ... There's something for that. Documentation. A half page should be enough to deploy a news reader. =8~) The reader I use is almost trivial to configure and use. Meanwhile the browser wallows in JavaScript. =8~/ > ... and what Usenet even is). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet Incidentally, the source of the news module here is 46 kB. Depending upon font size, roughly 30 pages of readily digestible code. Object file is 65 kB. In Debian 11, i386, Firefox-esr, installed size is 227 MB. That's roughly 3500 times the size of the object file noted above! Is any technology less efficient than a contemporary commercial computing system? Regards, ... P. mobile: +1 778 951 5147 VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] News list being retired
2022年10月21日(金) 5:21 : > Dave & all, > > From: dboland9 via gimp-user-list > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:51:45 + > > There really must be a better way. > > Usenet, invented more than 40 years ago. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet > > A small screenshot from recent submissions here. > http://easthope.ca/sci.electronics.repair.png > > The small proportion of spam is tolerable. > > Regards, ... P. > Ah, but it's not new and shiny and easy to check off the to-do lists. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] News list being retired
Dave & all, From: dboland9 via gimp-user-list Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:51:45 + > There really must be a better way. Usenet, invented more than 40 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet A small screenshot from recent submissions here. http://easthope.ca/sci.electronics.repair.png The small proportion of spam is tolerable. Regards, ... P. mobile: +1 778 951 5147 VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] News list being retired
I see that the plan is to go to yet another web based mess. I don't care for the idea of having to have an ID and PW to ask a question. Please at least consider guest accounts, or re-think the whole idea. There really must be a better way. Dave, Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
