Hi Rob / Alice, It is a shame that the "AI Sarcasm Detector" RFC <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9405> doesn't show up on any "official" RFC index - I guess the folks who maintain the RFCs lack a sense of humour. (Or was that sarcasm in itself? The more I think about this, the more I see this conundrum as a potential recursive loop thought - Rob, you may need to help me figure this out - unless you are, in reality, just *AI* pretending to be *Rob* and this is a clever attempt to confuse me!) ;-) In either case, good work! As for RFC 9948, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9948>this is another fun discovery - it looks so official, and might even intimidate (to those who don't spot the April 1st post date), but people who understand how RFCs work would get a good laugh (as it was intended) out of this. I hope whoever maintains the April 1st RFC collection <https://gist.github.com/eliminmax/7e70b89ae9a996aec7bbb32229def45b>, approves this latest RFC contribution to the list! I don't know if anyone else on this mailing list experiences this feeling, but there is nothing like browsing through an amusing email thread discussion, on a long weekend, with one's favorite brew (in my case a nice cup of tea - no cream, no sugar), and having a good chuckle or two! I hope everyone is enjoying a pleasant Easter Weekend! Best wishes, Ed On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca via linux < linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > Hi > > With a quick search of the RFC Index, I still haven't found "AI Sarcasm > Detector" RFC. > > I did find this: > 9948 <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9948> *Internet Protocol Police > (IPP) - Schedule of Punishments* > > G.R. Beard, O.F. Art, H. Alvestrand [ 1 April 2026 ] (HTML, TEXT, PDF, > XML) (Status: INFORMATIONAL) (Stream: INDEPENDENT) (DOI: 10.17487/RFC9948) > > Alice > > On 2026-04-04 07:17, Rick Leir via linux wrote: > > 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. Kuhns > https://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 > > >