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Slightly off-topic, but IRC discussions don't come up too regularly. What channels / networks are people hanging out in? I mainly lurk on ##re and ##security

Slightly off-topic, but IRC discussions don't come up too regularly. What channels / networks are people hanging out in? I mainly lurk on ##re and ##security on Freenode.

Iuz 10y ago
#startups on freenode is great.
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jayflux 10y ago
Freenode: #web #startups (although not been in there for ages) #go-nuts
Xenthys 10y ago
Obviously I'm on DomIRC, but also on freenode like probably a lot of us. I mainly hang in ##france, #bfnt, #botters, #codebottle and #freenode related channels, among a lot of others channels but the list is way too long ;)
pvdebbe 10y ago
#emacs on Freenode is great, if one can handle the traffic. Great convos and greatest (IT/CS related) memes.
paavokoya 10y ago
Freenode is HEAVILY moderated and censored to the point of restricting basic free speech. Find a different place. To the downvoters: you are doing exactly what I'm talking about
- andrewguenther 10y ago
  Lack of evidence is probably the reason you're getting downvoted.
- bcook 10y ago
  After using FreeNode for years, this is the first I've heard of censorship. Can you cite some examples? (Downvotes are not censorship, btw.)
- volatilitish 10y ago
  Freenode is used by geeks to setup a channel in the same way old people still use AOL. There are far better, less restrictive, more secure networks out there.
killwhitey 10y ago
Freenode #startups and #dn
kpcyrd 10y ago
Mostly on https://www.hackint.org/ https://www.hackint.org/, it hosts a lot of ccc and freifunk related channels.
lowglow 10y ago
#techendo
dijit 10y ago
irc.darkscience.net (6697/SSL): #darkscience #sysadmin Freenode: ##infra-talk I keep verrrrry clear of #reddit-sysadmin on freenode though.
- corobo 10y ago
  Why do you stay clear?
  - dijit 10y ago
    It is a corrosive and toxic environment. Devoid of technical discussion and very hostile to "devops", CI and automation.
    - btgeekboy 10y ago
      In other words, traditional old-school SAs who feel threatened by the general model of agile/"move fast, break things." The kind used to receiving code from over the wall, yelling only that it's shit, and throwing it back.
      - na85 10y ago
        In other other words, people who care more about UX and uptime than breaking things because they updated to the newest node.js
    - paavokoya 10y ago
      Most of freenode is this way. You'll notice that freenode admins/ops will ban for any off-topic discussion and most chans are deafeningly silent because of this. It's a terrible environment for natural discussions.
      - johnnyfaehell 10y ago
        I remember I used to chat in the WordPress chat. I was one of the few people who actually answered questions. For some reason there was an off topic chat. One of the regulars was ll "that's off topic - stop" I pointed out there was off topic there all the time. He then proceeded to make a point of that he chatted there more often. I pointed out that I had previous just changed the nickname I was using and to use my previous my nick for his wc -l command. 6 hours laters I was kicked and banned by ops. Fun fact, off topic wasn't against the rules. Telling people you're more important than them because the amount of time you've been there was. I was told I could go back in a few hours. I stopped going there and answering questions after that. That was the final straw for me and WordPress. I haven't used it since. Their bug trac was full of bugfixes that never got applied, got repatched and then still never got applied.
PeCaN 10y ago
#proglangdesign and #osdev are some of my favorites on Freenode, otherwise it's mostly language-related ones. #dragonflybsd on efnet is probably my favorite technology-specific channel. Lots of interesting stuff happens there (and sage wisdom from Matt Dillon).

Slightly off-topic, but IRC discussions don't come up too regularly. What channels / networks are people hanging out in? I mainly lurk on ##re and ##security on Freenode.

Iuz 10y ago

#startups on freenode is great.

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jayflux 10y ago

Freenode: #web #startups (although not been in there for ages) #go-nuts

Xenthys 10y ago

Obviously I'm on DomIRC, but also on freenode like probably a lot of us. I mainly hang in ##france, #bfnt, #botters, #codebottle and #freenode related channels, among a lot of others channels but the list is way too long ;)

pvdebbe 10y ago

#emacs on Freenode is great, if one can handle the traffic. Great convos and greatest (IT/CS related) memes.

paavokoya 10y ago

Freenode is HEAVILY moderated and censored to the point of restricting basic free speech. Find a different place. To the downvoters: you are doing exactly what I'm talking about

andrewguenther 10y ago
Lack of evidence is probably the reason you're getting downvoted.
bcook 10y ago
After using FreeNode for years, this is the first I've heard of censorship. Can you cite some examples? (Downvotes are not censorship, btw.)
volatilitish 10y ago
Freenode is used by geeks to setup a channel in the same way old people still use AOL. There are far better, less restrictive, more secure networks out there.

killwhitey 10y ago

Freenode #startups and #dn

kpcyrd 10y ago

Mostly on https://www.hackint.org/ https://www.hackint.org/, it hosts a lot of ccc and freifunk related channels.

lowglow 10y ago

#techendo

dijit 10y ago

irc.darkscience.net (6697/SSL): #darkscience #sysadmin Freenode: ##infra-talk I keep verrrrry clear of #reddit-sysadmin on freenode though.

corobo 10y ago
Why do you stay clear?
- dijit 10y ago
  It is a corrosive and toxic environment. Devoid of technical discussion and very hostile to "devops", CI and automation.
  - btgeekboy 10y ago
    In other words, traditional old-school SAs who feel threatened by the general model of agile/"move fast, break things." The kind used to receiving code from over the wall, yelling only that it's shit, and throwing it back.
    - na85 10y ago
      In other other words, people who care more about UX and uptime than breaking things because they updated to the newest node.js
  - paavokoya 10y ago
    Most of freenode is this way. You'll notice that freenode admins/ops will ban for any off-topic discussion and most chans are deafeningly silent because of this. It's a terrible environment for natural discussions.
    - johnnyfaehell 10y ago
      I remember I used to chat in the WordPress chat. I was one of the few people who actually answered questions. For some reason there was an off topic chat. One of the regulars was ll "that's off topic - stop" I pointed out there was off topic there all the time. He then proceeded to make a point of that he chatted there more often. I pointed out that I had previous just changed the nickname I was using and to use my previous my nick for his wc -l command. 6 hours laters I was kicked and banned by ops. Fun fact, off topic wasn't against the rules. Telling people you're more important than them because the amount of time you've been there was. I was told I could go back in a few hours. I stopped going there and answering questions after that. That was the final straw for me and WordPress. I haven't used it since. Their bug trac was full of bugfixes that never got applied, got repatched and then still never got applied.

PeCaN 10y ago

#proglangdesign and #osdev are some of my favorites on Freenode, otherwise it's mostly language-related ones. #dragonflybsd on efnet is probably my favorite technology-specific channel. Lots of interesting stuff happens there (and sage wisdom from Matt Dillon).