@octothorpe [ Pivot's head 40 degrees to the left ] The (mostly) dedicated IRC screen on my Mac Studio - right now.
#IRC #InternetRelayChat #chat #internet #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #irssi #terminal #DALnet #SlashNet #Liberachat #screenshot #Mac #macOS
though now I'm curious as to where [and even if] they might be....
I've just made young friends of mine aware of Internet Relay Chat. They are so excited that we will be using IRC as a Communications protocol.
I have accounts on different server networks which are still thriving
I remember the wonderful Eggdrop bot running on the AmIRC channel on Dalnet
Thanks for the boost! Man, #DALnet... that's a name I haven't heard in a long time!
Of course, stuff like TeX have an important role to fill, and markdown has some serious limitations.
But for casual writing and notetaking, markdown is pretty wonderful.
I'm so glad that plain text won the format wars!!! XD
Aaaand a nostalgic, adrenalized generative AI enters the #macintosh IRC channel... 🤔
#IRC #InternetRelayChat #internet #Apple #applehistory #AI #computinghistory #curious #odd #isitaBot #fuguestate #DALnet #DALmac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #iPhone #iOS #SteveJobs #tonyfadell #maybe #bizarre #areyouhigh
@ian Damn right. Though I hope they don't start having votes on it :)
We went through decades of this with #IRC, when #Eris forked off the main universe, to create #EFNet, then the major forks of #Undernet, #Dalnet and #IRCNet - I suppose the big difference here is that different servers can allow different functionality within the same galaxy.
We just need to bring back #SixDegrees and the only change we need to make on it, is to make sure that the only post editor is #TECO
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