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Cortez  ·  4044 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reminder: Hubski IRC Exists

Note: You have to idle, we're not talking 24/7, someone could type something and others may reply hours later, that's fine.





elizabeth  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's the best way to idle?

user-inactivated  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Download hexchat, set it to open when you turn on your computer, suddenly you're idling 24/7 with minimum annoyance. It'll highlight you when someone says your name, or you can browse discussion periodically.

elizabeth  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

dammit, i have a mac

user-inactivated  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Utterly 100 percent sure some sort of xchat for mac exists.

elizabeth  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

okay, i ll look into it :)

Complexity  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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exe  ·  4043 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Some IRC clients will close to background, and alert you when your name is mentioned. mIRC is a common client, but I prefer Pidgin.

user-inactivated  ·  4044 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it's not all quiet. it can move pretty fast sometimes. having people in the room helps :p

noeatnosleep  ·  3817 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmmm. I'm getting connection refused on this server. It's not SASL is it?

user-inactivated  ·  3817 days ago  ·  link  ·  

sorry, server has changed in the 227 days since this was posted. edited.