[Beowulf] And where is Beowulf/Cluster discussion activity these days

[Kevin Rineer]

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 <prentice at ucar.edu> 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.
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> Prentice
> On 1/12/26 1:12 PM, Lux, Jim (US 3370) via Beowulf wrote:
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> Noticing not much traffic..
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