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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by crazygringo on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:00PM (#48505809)
Somebody explain to me how one reaches a silent consensus over IRC?

Or is this a joke/reference I don't know... or is this a subtle clue that the whole thing is made up?

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by doublerabbit on Friday June 12, 2026 @12:21PM (#48506064)
One way is an IRCop issues a /shun leaving you speechless on the network. While the others decide the outcome of your whatever.

But this is the same, the owner wasn't present apart from it's agent and so it was decided without the owner that this was to be the outcome.

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by ZeroAurora on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:50PM (#48508682)
no one says that explicitly, but everyone wants to have some fun :)
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by kccqzy on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:50PM (#48509294)
It’s just a consensus that’s implicit and unstated.
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