On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 14:56:30 -0400, rhkra...@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 :).

-- 
Brian.

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Brian.

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