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List:       mercurial
Subject:    Re: I hate Hg extensions
From:       Daniel Carrera <dcarrera () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-07-27 9:51:08
Message-ID: 4E2FDF8C.4050101 () gmail ! com
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On 07/27/2011 11:27 AM, Peter Bourgon wrote:
> Daniel, some friendly perspective: in this thread alone you've typed
> (by my count) over 26,000 characters in 4,734 words. Assuming a
> generous 80wpm average, that means you've spent
>
>    4,734 words / 80 words per minute = 59.175 minutes
>
> simply engaged in the act of pressing buttons on your keyboard. To say
> nothing of time spent thinking, re-arranging, or researching. Curious:
> how long would it have taken you to write precisely the README you've
> imagined?

Significantly, I agree. I have sent a suggestion for a README to Steve. 
I could not have written it without all the help and input from people 
in this list, so thanks.


> Even if you grant that there is utility in hashing out this
> sort of discussion on a public mailing list—something I'm prepared to
> agree with—I'd opine that we've long ago crossed the threshold of
> diminishing returns.

Agreed. This is my last post. Sorry for the poor signal to noise ratio.

-- 
I'm not overweight, I'm undertall.
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