Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Alice Wonder alice@domblogger.net wrote:
On 04/12/2017 09:36 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Nux! nux@li.nux.ro wrote:
To be honest Freenode is nice and I'd be sad to see it replaced with
anything.So cool to be a "/join #project" away from getting help.
IRC is a problem for those of us behind government/corporate firewalls. IRC is perceived as a hacker haven and is usually blocked.
I seem to recall some web-based IRC clients existing.
True. It isn't a problem that can't be solved :)
Just inconvenient; plus the powers that be don't take kindly to circumventing restrictions they put in place, even if it is for real work.
Heh. That, and that to paraphrase Todd's disclaimers, I do not speak for the US federal gov't, or for my company... and that's why I use my own "professional" email account, rather than my federal work one, on this list.
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