Ed: Were you really at Sun? Very cool! Did you perhaps keep some old SPARC machines? Very obsolete, big-endian, but still (semi)supported by a Debian port (mailing list: debian-sparc [ at ] lists [ dot ] debian [ dot ] org) Yes, the "AI Sarcasm Detection" RFC is ROTFL cheers -- Rick Richard Leir Happy Canoeing and Hiking and Biking! Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. On Thursday, 2 April 2026 at 09:10, Edward Hong via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Ah, good old RFCs (Request for Comments)… These publications remind me of my days back at Sun Microsystems, followed by Oracle, where I had memorized certain RFC references to support customer discussions around LDAP and Directory Server implementations. ;-) > > Unless a person works in the IT industry or computer-related studies, it is often difficult to get a meaningful response from others when talking about RFCs and their relevance… It is refreshing to get this latest update from you! :-D > > When I read your April 1st email RFC comment, I had to ask myself, > > “Is this real?…” > > I never thought to look this sort of thing up, but now that I have, I find it FASCINATING! How did you come across this? Was it random curiosity, or do I not cross paths with the right people who pass along such interesting trivia (“trivia” is probably not the right word, as the content is not so trivial…). Seriously though, I may spend a few days going through some of the April 1st RFC lists (in order to fully understand and appreciate each one…), but then I realize who, outside of the Linux group, would put up with my follow up questions? :-P > > A quick perusal of the list, and the RFC 9405 immediately drew my attention (“AI Sarcasm Detection: Insult Your AI without Offending It”) > > I laughed at first, but once I started reading the content, I had to appreciate the work put into the posting and it was really worth the read! :-) > > This RFC I consider print-worthy for my bulletin board. ;--) > > Thank you for drawing my attention (and anyone else who might be following along on this email thread), to RFC 9759 ("Unified Time Scaling for Temporal Coordination Frameworks")... This is a GEM of an RFC too! (I am glad that you pointed out the subtle Hexadecimal reference of "0x4ec0" - I am embarrassed to say that I totally would have missed that! :-D > > The Informative References section also has reminded me to dust off my edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and read it again! > > Anyway, sorry for the long email response (to everybody), but these email responses (from RGB and Katie too...) have certainly made my day! > > Thanks again for the email! > > slainte mhath,, > > Ed > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM Rick Leir via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > >> Speaking of April 1st, the latest RFC was in 2025: >> https://gist.github.com/eliminmax/7e70b89ae9a996aec7bbb32229def45b >> >> "Unified Time Scaling for Temporal Coordination Frameworks" K. Kuhnshttps://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9759 >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9759 >> >> For those of us who have to look it up, >> 0x4ec0 represents NÀ (Chinese for 'that', used in place of sth or sb further away in distance or time). >> >> cheers -- Rick >> >> Richard Leir >> Happy Canoeing and Hiking and Biking! >> >> Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. >> >> On Thursday, 2 April 2026 at 02:23, Edward Hong via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Richard, >>> >>> Thanks goodness for the Internet search engines… otherwise it would have taken me longer to figure out that “slainte mhath” is a Scottish salutation (for “cheers”)! >>> >>> … Also didn’t realize that there was a full moon tonight (clear skies to view it as well)! >>> >>> I enjoy these little tests (to see if I am paying attention), and I get to learn a bit of something new (beyond Linux tips too)! >>> >>> April 1st, 2026 also marks the 50th anniversary of Apple Computers (for those who care to know…), so kudos to to those of you who chose to “Think Different” this week! >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> Cheers (and “Slainte Mhath”), >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> ==== >>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2026, at 12:39 AM, Richard Guy Briggs via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: >>> >>>> slainte mhath