Why “IRC” is being discussed
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>Remux is not a community, it's a tag that pirate release groups uses to indicate that a release contains exact copies of the original video and audio streams present on the dis…
by askjdfksdbfhk · Sep 28, 2026
>I'm searching for a simple, self-hosted chat system that allows me to host unlimited bots and send messages (with notifications) to my iPhone easily. I do this with IRC. I used…
by stackghost · Sep 28, 2026
Ever tried joining an IRC channel on any of the many servers with lenient policies on moderation etc, based on the channels name/ description? Sort of a similar experience..
by sans_souse · Sep 28, 2026
I also recently acquired some free e-waste android 6 devices (like a galaxy note 4 pad and a moto 4 phone). Using some vibe coding I was able to setup a dockerized build system…
by superkuh · Sep 28, 2026
IRC really is good. It's reliable too, but it really fell behind the times and never pushed forward with additions to the spec and such. When the clients and libraries tapered o…
by bilekas · Sep 28, 2026
I'm searching for a simple, self-hosted chat system that allows me to host unlimited bots and send messages (with notifications) to my iPhone easily. I currently have an XMPP se…
by flymasterv · Sep 28, 2026
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IRC is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages and chat and data transfer, including file sharing. Read more on Wikipedia