From 2f795b99b92cce4c57fd37b6dd31a9fc6a290144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mms Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:10:22 +0100 Subject: feat: irc --- content-org/blog.org | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'content-org/blog.org') diff --git a/content-org/blog.org b/content-org/blog.org index 30c9780..1aaeaf6 100644 --- a/content-org/blog.org +++ b/content-org/blog.org @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ #+HUGO_SECTION: blog -* 2024 [95/97] :@blog: +* 2024 [96/98] :@blog: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: blog/2024 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "blog/images" :image_max_width 600 @@ -121,6 +121,35 @@ It's small annoyance, but it shows the general direction. Microsoft GitHub is still not near the biggest sin an Open Source can commit when it comes to cooperation (that crown still goes to using Discord), but it's far from being "Open". +** DONE This site now has an IRC channel +CLOSED: [2024-11-20 Wed 20:22] +:PROPERTIES: +:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: cryschan +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Abstract on PC gaming and it's demise +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :Listening Michael Land - Curse of Monkey Island OST +:END: + +My IP was unbanned from libera.chat (I wasn't the one who got banned!), so I want to use it more. +After all, where else am I meet with my cyberpals? +Discord? +Let's have some self respect! + +One of ways to achieve that is to have an IRC channel for this site. + +*The official IRC channel for crys.site is _##cryschan_ on libera.chat* + +---- + +IRC sure has changed since I used it. +I had a brief period of using it earlier this year, but it ended when my ISP changed my IP to a banned one. +But I've learned that now: + +- You can register a nick on a server. It's done via "nameserver" +- You can register a channel, so no hostile takeover is possible. It's done via "chanserv" +- You can have persistent connection with multiple clients attached. It's done via proxy service called "bouncer" +- All the good, old clients still work +- There's still a couple of hundred thousand people using IRC at any given moment + ** DONE The Rock Paper Shotgun 100 and PC gaming CLOSED: [2024-11-17 Sun 22:14] :PROPERTIES: -- cgit v1.2.3