XPost: comp.theory, sci.math   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/2/2025 8:56 AM, Andy Walker wrote:   
   > On 01/12/2025 21:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   >> On 01/12/2025 19:45, Alan Mackenzie wrote:   
   >>> [...] It's strenuous and sole destroying at the   
   >>> best of times; [...].   
   >   
   >      Ouch!  That's bad for the feet.   
   >   
   >> I've been (mostly) in for a while, and I've lost nothing.   
   >   
   >      Likewise;  and the same applies to several respected posters   
   > who have contributed only occasionally or not at all now for several   
   > years.   
   >   
   >> But nature abhors a vacuum. If we can't do anything about the   
   >> eternal noise, the best way to improve the S/N ratio is to boost the   
   >> signal. If we just stop posting, by default the group becomes a   
   >> nutjob advocacy group.   
   >   
   >      There's no need for people to stop.  The noise is largely because   
   > people cannot refrain from replying /instantly/ to everything written.   
   > When an article is several hundred lines /and/ is posted a few minutes   
   > after the post to which it is replying then you /know/ that it contains   
      
   Despicable lies by despicable lying bass turds.   
      
   > nothing of value, but is merely a "'tis, 'tisn't, 'tis, 'tisn't" tit-tor-   
   > tat [and mostly tat].  Take at least half an hour to write an article, and   
   > the quality of what you write will improve -- and so will the chance that   
   > others will read it.  [This applies to PO as much as to others.]  Limit   
   > your posts to 100 lines [50 would be better, and 25 better still] and   
   > again both the quality and the reach will improve.  We might even get some   
   > interesting new material.  In any case, five good articles/day in this   
   > group would be a big improvement on 100+ of rubbish.   
   >   
      
      
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