> apropos of nothing at all it was apropos of a conversation I had on another social media site > the only clarity about the technical issue came because I provoked the discussion I thank you for provoking genuine technical discussion, it is a wonderful conversation to this thread also, I'm not saying you're doing this (I don't think you are), but if you were to criticize me for saying something true without providing technical details or nuance, I do not think that would be a reasonable criticism