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IRC is great. I think I learned more about computing while "wasting time" on IRC game dev channels while I was a student than I ever did at actual university co
by lacampbell 10y ago
IRC is great. I think I learned more about computing while "wasting time" on IRC game dev channels while I was a student than I ever did at actual university courses.
- trentnelson 10y agoI remember when Alfred Perlstein (FreeBSD committer) invited me into #bsdcode on EFnet in the late 90s/early 00s after I kept pinging him with random kernel questions. Was fun idly chatting and learning from folk like John Lemon, John Baldwin, Jordan K. Hubbard (before Jobs snatched him up as Director of UNIX technology for Apple (pioneering the BSD element of today's OS X)).
- gonzo 10y agoJordan works for IXsystems (freenas, trueos) now.
- singingfish 10y agoMy entire career is based around wasting time on IRC. When I got laid off a year ago I had another offer within an hour thanks to IRC.