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>it's like IRC, except when I log in I get all the missing chat history I didn't get while I was logged out What? screen + irssi + /lastlog your_nick
by alnayyir 15y ago
>it's like IRC, except when I log in I get all the missing chat history I didn't get while I was logged out
What?
screen + irssi + /lastlog your_nick
- damncabbage 15y ago1) Four of those friends are not technical, and wouldn't know what to do with irssi. The remainder are using laptops that get disconnected a lot. 2) I reboot to Windows to play games. There goes the screen session. 3) Skype on iPhones. Seriously. I ain't screwing around with a phone keyboard and terminal app to SSH in, screen -dR and scroll around just to get back into a chat.
- alnayyir 15y agoI don't use IRC for specific people, if specific people want to speak with me, they can be-bop into mumble, call my phone, IM me, visit me, email me...I'm just explaining why the rationale specific to IRC doesn't make much sense.
- Dylan16807 15y agoWhich is fine as long as you never go offline or reboot.
- alnayyir 15y agolinode.com
- pyre 15y agoYes. Instead of using the free app Skype, I should instead pay $20/month for a virtual server just so that I can have an always-on screen session with an IRC client running in it. Makes total sense.
- alnayyir 15y ago>I'm just explaining why the rationale specific to IRC doesn't make much sense.
- technomancy 15y agoWe actually built our own IRC client with persistent history: https://github.com/danlarkin/subrosa https://github.com/danlarkin/subrosa Such a relief to be able to pick my own client.