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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by gchokov on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:27AM (#11017914)
oh, how I miss the days when everyone was on IRC. Unrelated question, but what is IRC used for nowadays, most often?
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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by galaktor on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @04:37AM (#11018488)
Similar to mailing lists, IRC might be less mainstream but is still heavily used in niches, i.e. for development and support of open source projects. The simplicity of the protocol makes it easy to use for automation (bots), i.e. CI servers or similar. I've also seen networks dedicated to file sharing.
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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by gchokov on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @02:28PM (#11028981)
Interesting, would never think of CI use! Thanks for the reply!
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