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Your favorite programming IRC channels Anonymous 2015-10-01 13:19:14 No.10072

Title says it all. What are your favorite programming IRC channels,lainons?

Anonymous 2015-10-01 13:49:40 No.10074

I honestly dispise irc, giant circle jerks and user worship centers.

Anonymous 2015-10-01 14:04:52 No.10076

>>10074
From that either you go to the wrong IRCs or you simply hate society in general, though somehow I get the feeling there's more to the story.

Anonymous 2015-10-01 14:31:35 No.10078

>>10076
I'd actually go with disliking irc as well.

I hate soykaf where I have to use a name.

I grew out of handles and names when I was 17.

Most IRC channels really are just mini personality cults and circlejerks.

Anonymous 2015-10-01 14:48:06 No.10079

>>10078
>I hate soykaf where I have to use a name.
So you hate society in general? You're expected to have a name there.

>I grew out of handles and names when I was 17.
Edgy, but let's be honest, using a name is not a childish thing.

>Most IRC channels really are just mini personality cults and circlejerks.
You must visit the wrong channels. Most IRCs are no worse for this than most IRL groups of friends.

Anonymous 2015-10-01 15:23:04 No.10081

>>10072
#Haskell is super nice to total newbies, yet you can regularly talk to people involved with the GHC itself.

Anonymous 2015-10-01 15:35:44 No.10082

>>10081
Thanks. Quick question: Which network is it on,freenode? Also do you know of any channels similar to Reddit's CSCareer Questions subreddit

Anonymous 2015-10-01 17:04:14 No.10085

#learnprog is good
#linux is okay

Anonymous 2015-10-01 19:03:39 No.10089

#emacs is fun
I used to go in #lainchan, but that was by January, then I had no time to use the intarnetz whatsoever for 6 months and when I got back it was really crowded and I just don't feel comfortable enough in there anymore.
And yes there is some circlejerking going on in irc channels, but that's a consequence of, yes, having a name and being a regular. But that's not really important, I usuallly manage to get some decent conversation in there and, at the end, I use irc more than the web lately. The web bores me to death these days, lainchan is the only thing I visit actually

Anonymous 2015-10-02 04:45:52 No.10098

>>10079
>So you hate society in general?
Not him, but yeah.

>Most IRCs are no worse for this than most IRL groups of friends
soo... mini personality cults and circlejerks?

Anonymous 2015-10-04 05:40:31 No.10133

>>10078
>grew out of names
Oooook, then. Or you can actually communicate with people, instead of trying to seem "cool." Only really makes sense if you're a skiddie and literally nothing else, trying so hard to be 1337 that you don't want to converse. There are some pretty cool people.

>>10072
suckless and morpheus are pretty alright. ozcoin used to be awesome, ckolivas hung out there, as well as a couple other pretty major bitcoin people, and they were happy to help when the need arose. I think since ozcoin died it's pretty much dead, although people stayed around for months.

Anonymous 2015-10-05 13:51:54 No.10163

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>>10072
IRC is a very useful tool that can be used to gather information from across the board. IRC isn't only for rampant circlejerks. That's what we have imageboards for!
>>10089
Lainchan IRC is dead if I recall correctly. There are lots of people in there but nobody ever says anything.

Anonymous 2015-10-05 13:55:11 No.10164

>>10163
>Lainchan IRC is dead if I recall correctly. There are lots of people in there but nobody ever says anything.
laincan IRC is pretty lively. when's the last time you were on?

Anonymous 2015-10-05 13:56:15 No.10165

>>10163
Don't know where you got this from but Lainchan IRC is quite active.

Anonymous 2015-10-05 14:03:18 No.10166

>>10164
>>10165
I'm not on too much, I guess I'm on at bad times. I suppose I will have to drop by again soon Lainons!

Anonymous 2015-10-06 16:54:14 No.10213

#guile and #guix on freenode are pretty nice, they have some pretty interesting convos from time to time.

Anonymous 2015-10-14 07:03:15 No.10535

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#lisp is my favorite

I learned a lot from asking questions about things that make me curious. An example being one time a few people helped fix my mental model on Continuation Passing Style when I was learning about it. Occasionally I try to help with questions/problems others have when it's within my ability because it's fun helping and I usually learn something new along the way. Many times there is discussion outside of my knowledge since Common Lisp is used by a lot of the very experienced programmers, but it can still be interesting if I'm able to understand some parts.

I feel that one can benefit from an IRC channel centered on a specific topic of which one has a strong interest and desire to learn about. Answering questions and helping others understand more about the topic can help one's knowledge too. I like programming in Common Lisp so #lisp is my favorite.

Anonymous 2015-10-14 07:08:59 No.10536

>>10213
all the GNU crew are great. love their mailing lists.

Anonymous 2015-10-14 09:15:26 No.10539

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I'm quite enamoured of #lainchan tbqh fam. Good for yarns and bantz, but also programming discussion. Every time I've posted code for comment someone has made very helpful and intelligent remarks.

Anonymous 2015-10-14 17:31:43 No.10546

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i only regularly visit two public freenode channels:
#lainchan because you're my niggas.
#programming for the kek (and feel better about myself).

Anonymous 2015-10-14 20:07:33 No.10550

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#/g/freedom on rizon

Anonymous 2015-10-15 00:46:59 No.10554

>>10546
>#programming
I can only imagine

Anonymous 2015-10-15 21:10:47 No.10575

>>10072
#bookz @ Undernet

Anonymous 2015-10-29 15:28:59 No.11139

>>10078
You can actually use cloaks/other-usernames when you visit different channels. It's still a bit anonymous and i don't mind that. In fact, no one cares there. They're all in for the fun and helping

Anonymous 2015-10-29 15:32:18 No.11140

channels:

freenode

#web
##frontend
#freenode
#linux
#ubuntu -support
#web-social
#css
#design
#mac
#apple
#chat

Anonymous 2015-10-30 14:34:34 No.11170

So I never really got into IRC

How do I start using it? Obv. I can download a client and start messing around, but how do I not make an ass of myself from not knowing the etiquette / how to accomplish basic tasks?

Anonymous 2015-10-30 14:57:04 No.11173

>>11170
>how do I not make an ass of myself from not knowing the etiquette
Any channel worth soykaf will treat you well as long as you behave like a decent human being.

>how to accomplish basic tasks
IRC is easy. Just read some random guide on the most useful commands and you're good to go.

Anonymous 2015-10-30 14:57:06 No.11174

Can someone tell me how I would begin to participate in IRC (not just on Lainchan)? I have a client, I know how it all works but I don't understand how communities function on them.

Anonymous 2015-10-30 15:00:52 No.11175

>>11174
> I don't understand how communities function on them
There's two forms I've seen so far.

Social hangouts or circlejerks, like #lainchan. Pretty much the same as hanging out with friends IRL.

Channels centered around a project, like #haskell or #nixos. They'll talk about the development of the project and answer your questions.

Anonymous 2015-10-30 15:05:26 No.11176

>>11175 That makes sense, thanks. Most IRC channels I've gone on before have just been empty with hundreds of idle users, is this normal?

Anonymous 2015-10-30 15:32:06 No.11180

>>11176
Yep, though I have no explanation for this.

Anonymous 2015-10-30 16:30:22 No.11187

>>11180
That's perfectly normal.
Most people have their IRC clients open while doing other stuff or even use bouncers.
You'll usualy get a reply if you start a conversation, though.