We could use an IRC channel somewhere.

"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr) 08/26/2017 at 22:51 • Filed to: irc, chat

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Thoughts? Ideas on which network to go to? (As far as major networks, I’m on EFNet, Freenode, and Snoonet.)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 22:57

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Why not Discord instead of IRC?

bhtooefr > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/26/2017 at 23:00

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Because I don’t want to run an entire Chrome instance just to do basically the same thing as IRC? (Slack has the same problem.)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 23:03

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Chrome instance...? Discord can run in any browser and you just run it in a new tab? There are desktop clients too though, or am I misunderstanding? You do need a account though.

bhtooefr > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/26/2017 at 23:06

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The problem is that the desktop clients aren’t really native, they’re Electron-based - basically, they’re running the website in Chrome, inside of a wrapper.

This doesn’t work well on mobile, and it eats your RAM on desktop.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 23:10

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Didn’t know that, huh.

That being said, Discord seems to work fine for me on mobile (my friends and family each have their own server I am on) and my desktop client (on Linux atm) is only using 300mb of RAM out of my 8GB, so not doing too badly.

MM54 > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 23:24

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There was an oppo IRC channel a while ago but it was a drama/politco-shitstorm most days so I stopped using it. No idea if there’s anything now, but it could be cool.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 23:26

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buy more RAM.

CB > MM54 08/26/2017 at 23:29

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Like, 50/50 on the shitstorm. Granted, during that point in time (2014/2015) there were just a lot of shitstorms on Oppo that spilled over.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > bhtooefr 08/26/2017 at 23:58

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I’d tend to say Freenode, but I think something web-based with a backlog that isn’t based on something being connected at all times Would be better for us.

Xyl0c41n3 > bhtooefr 08/27/2017 at 04:21

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Slack has an app. No need to use a browser. And it works quite well on mobile.

Funktheduck > bhtooefr 08/27/2017 at 07:55

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I use the discord app on my phone. Haven’t had any issues