In this AI hype we are living I think things like #Usenet, #Irc, etc will see a resurgence. I mean, everybody is trying to sell your data to AI, it's on you to find an avenue that's safe and private...
Here comes the #AI#generativeAI bullshit machine... @revk@bloor
Someone came into #IRC this evening leading to a confusing interaction until the cause was identified.
On a side note, I think I might be done with this internet and tech stuff. I wonder what manual work I can take up instead.
@revk@bloor Haha.. i didn't even notice the "Content" bullet point below.. "The channel contains a mix of users, including A&A staff, customers, and other individuals. The discussion topics can range from general legal questions to specific cases and laws related to the UK."
@weirdwriter And why is it so hard to opt-out?
They have an option for everything else, but to opt-out of their “AI” looking at your messages and activity you have to… send an email??!
“Contact us to opt out. If you want to exclude your Customer Data from Slack global models, you can opt out. To opt out, please have your org, workspace owners or primary owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your workspace/org URL and the subject line ‘Slack global model opt-out request’. We will process your request and respond once the opt-out has been completed.”
asked in the #irc channel and found out @ngircd does not allow interlinking of different ircds. which is a feature I thought would be quite normal to have for IRC, but it seems not.
ngIRCd at least is dead simple to set up. others don't make it that easy to get a small server running.
Ok without support for searching #matrix chat room history, messages are effectively ephemeral... like connecting to #irc without a bouncer 🤦🏼♂️
This is going to probably make a lot of people angry/restart IRC/matrix flamewars, but I feel like it has to be said if we are going to push #matrix as a more open alternative to the other walled chat gardens (proprietary or otherwise) out there. I, a IRC user for decades, want Matrix to succeed, but the UX needs to suck a lot less than it does today.
@cnx nope, no new drama (that I know of). Just some recent experiences using Element (android and web app), and some others. It's mostly broken/missing when in rooms using E2EE
I do...
Was in late 1990's with mIRC and in a server that used to share music and videos. The very first song I downloaded was LOUDNESS' "Crazy Night" (in a horrible quality) and lasted like 6 hours downloading. LOL. #Internet#Mirc#IRC#Undernet#mIRC666#MP3#1990s
here's an interesting thing I found you can do with the #irc webportal The Lounge: you can easily add parameters to the link for it to drop someone nearly directly into a chat.
finally have my #irc server running about the way I want. next thing will be linking it up to another server to create a tiny little irc network.
it really isn't hard to set up either this ircd (ngircd) or one of the alternatives in debian, the only thing I have issues with is how it interacts with #systemd when you try to restart it. but that's a systemd thing. and maybe I'm just bad at that.
otherwise you can just install the package and have a working irc server just like that.
@someodd In Poland right now. yeah, it might be a DNS issue, but if it is it affects multiple networks. I tried connecting over the mobile internet as well
replaced the #irc daemon I have running on my small machine with ngircd, which turns out to be much easier to configure than inspircd, and then stopped working once I tried to restart the service. #systemd man, I just can't...