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Is Urbit a joke? I've looked at its Github repo several times over the last year or so and still have no idea.

plaguuuuuu 12y ago
just read the intro page if anything you could probably find some interesting people to talk to using the chat client. heh. on the other hand, I can make approximately zero sense of the source. or what I think might be the source.. for something... https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/mar/zing/door.hook https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/mar/... :: :::: /hoon/core/zing/pro :: /? 314 /- zing |_ zig=zing :: ++ grab :: convert from |% ++ noun :: convert from %noun |= src=* ^+ +>+ +>+(zig (zing src)) -- --
- jcburnham 12y ago
  ...clearly that's a content type validator. A zing is actually just a chat message. Take a look at the zing type definition in https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/sur/zing/gate.hook https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/sur/... $% [%hola p=path] $: %mess p=path $= q $% [%do p=@t] [%exp p=@t q=tank] [%say p=@t] == == == Which (ignoring the crazy syntax) is either an initialization (an %hola), an action (a %do, like /me in IRC), an embeded Hoon expression (an %exp, which is a [code output] pair), or a message (a %say). @t is just a string type. sur/zing/gate/hook defines the type, mar/zing/core/hoon uses sur/zing/gate/hook to validate untyped data received over the network.
  - applecore 12y ago
    Of course.
callahad 12y ago
If it's a joke, its a pretty convincing one. Thanks for reminding me to fire it back up and hack on my destroyers!
gojomo 12y ago
The repo has recent activity and instructions for getting stuff up and running, so it's beyond a joke. (But then again, I'm still not certain that Soylent isn't an extended piece of satirical performance art.) Urbit is conceptually dense, that's for sure.
state 12y ago
I can tell you it's definitely not a joke. We're all here on :chat if you have specific questions.

just read the intro page if anything you could probably find some interesting people to talk to using the chat client. heh. on the other hand, I can make approximately zero sense of the source. or what I think might be the source.. for something... https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/mar/zing/door.hook https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/mar/... :: :::: /hoon/core/zing/pro :: /? 314 /- zing |_ zig=zing :: ++ grab :: convert from |% ++ noun :: convert from %noun |= src=* ^+ +>+ +>+(zig (zing src)) -- --

jcburnham 12y ago
...clearly that's a content type validator. A zing is actually just a chat message. Take a look at the zing type definition in https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/sur/zing/gate.hook https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/urb/zod/main/sur/... $% [%hola p=path] $: %mess p=path $= q $% [%do p=@t] [%exp p=@t q=tank] [%say p=@t] == == == Which (ignoring the crazy syntax) is either an initialization (an %hola), an action (a %do, like /me in IRC), an embeded Hoon expression (an %exp, which is a [code output] pair), or a message (a %say). @t is just a string type. sur/zing/gate/hook defines the type, mar/zing/core/hoon uses sur/zing/gate/hook to validate untyped data received over the network.
- applecore 12y ago
  Of course.

callahad 12y ago

If it's a joke, its a pretty convincing one. Thanks for reminding me to fire it back up and hack on my destroyers!

gojomo 12y ago

The repo has recent activity and instructions for getting stuff up and running, so it's beyond a joke. (But then again, I'm still not certain that Soylent isn't an extended piece of satirical performance art.) Urbit is conceptually dense, that's for sure.

state 12y ago

I can tell you it's definitely not a joke. We're all here on :chat if you have specific questions.