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Ask YC: Which IRC Channel(s) Do You Frequent?

I've enjoyed the discussions (via comments) at this site, and so I wonder if there are any IRC channels out there just as good?

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Given my specialty, it might not be surprising I have the following open on Freenode:

#x264dev #x264 #avisynth #ffmpeg #videolan #mplayer #ffmpeg-devel #mplayerdev #xvid

I have gotten at least 2 or 3 consulting jobs just by hanging out in #ffmpeg and #x264.

Now? #django #python #startups

Back in the day? Quite a few more.

IRC is actually where I started programming quite a bit back in the day. Bots, scripts, simple servers. I would like to think all that 'wasted' time has paid dividends.

#startups @ irc.freenode.net

Interesting... I don't spend any time in IRC Channels. I find them distracting. But it's cool that some people have gotten a job or two out of a Channel.

They're still a mainstay of open source projects. I remember when I first logged back into one circa 2000 and thought "Wait, people still use IRC?" Eight years later I'm still using Freenode; #startups is a nice extension of the news.YC community.

#django on irc.freenode.net #genmay on '0id.net' #perl on efnet

i'd second that, silc...

#perl @ irc.freenode.net

#daytraders @ chat.othernet.org

#startups @ irc.freenode.net although I discovered it yesterday. Haven't seen a conversation there yet but I'll give it time

#jIRCii on EFnet (my IRC client, http://jircii.dashnine.org -- check it out)

#unix on irc.gimp.org - tight community of Mac and Linux enthusiasts.

Some of the smartest people I knew on IRC moved to SILC.

#django, #startups, #twitter @ freenode

#django, #zope and #plone, mostly. Had some trips to #ubuntu, #ubuntu-laptop and so on because I want to buy a netbook and wanted opinions. People were not very friendly there.

#startups seems a great idea. I will check.

irc.freenode.net #startups,#javascript,#slicehost

irc.mibbit.com #mibbit

Also have to go in various networks help channels which can be an experience :/

#startups is a fun place to hang out definitely.

I've always been a big fan of Linux User Groups, as such I hang out online with the two that I've been the most active with #cplug and #nblug on irc.freenode.net. I also check out #ubuntu on occasion.

In alphabetical order: #af83 (my workplace), #turbulences (our framework), #django, #rails, #python.

After seeing #startups in a comment, I might do that.

#python, #ruby-lang, #ruby, #postgresql, #c, #php, #rubyonrails, and #haskell, all on freenode.

If I used Django I'm sure I'd be in #django too.

On Freenode only, ##mac ##php #defocus #facebook #jquery #kohana #mysql #olympics08 #opensocial #ping.fm #randomshapes #startups

#django, #python, #apache @ freenode

It gets a little overwhelming if you join too many channels

#launchapd #launchpad-meeting #ubuntu-meeting #ubuntu-quality #webpy

Uh, #emacs, #tech.coop, #gsoc, #gnome-hackers, #conkeror.

#django, #mysql sometimes #slicehost on irc.freenode.net

Hmm, isn't Twitter just the Web 2.0 version of IRC?

I wouldn't say so. It's too difficult to have a real-time conversation. I'd go crazy trying to work on a project with somebody via Twitter, especially if I had to DM everything that I wanted private.

Twitter clients like Twhirl don't make it any easier unfortunately. It just becomes a chore to sort and delete the static.

Twitter needs a "temp-IM" feature. Or maybe something like email grouping (Gmail conversations etc.)

What problem does Twitter solve that IRC has? :/

I've tended to log into IRC just to see what goes past. Much like I do when I've logged into Twitter.

>What problem does Twitter solve that IRC has?

Ego.

I can't IRC from my phone; even mibbit.com doesn't work right.

What model phone is it?

Fragmentation, and Chanserv is a steaming pile of shit. That's all I can think of. (But Jabber solves those problems better.)

Conversation threads would be a definite benefit in Twitter, although I can't see how they'd implement it now without everything going crazy.

I stopped using Twitter because the signal-to-noise ratio became too much for me to handle. At one point, I disabled Growl (a system-wide notifier for OS X) for Twitterific but it was still getting on my nerves.

I don't know about a temp-IM feature--it's not what Twitter is about, and it's quite a tough crowd to deal with given the ubiquity of the more standard instant messaging protocols and online tools like chatterous, meebo or mibbit (assuming I spelt all those right).

What I'd like to see is Twitter for groups: I have 2 twitter followers who are working with me on something. Let me make a private group and Twitter away.

freenode: ##c++, #csharp, #lisp, #linpeople

#osdev used to be good, but trolls have made it a very inactive channel.

used to hang out on #django on irc.freenode.net

then we switched to php, no need for irc anymore

#lisp, #emacs @ freenode

any place where iphone hackers hang out?

Considering iPhone hackers are contractually obligated to not talk about their work, probably not.

#iphone, irc.saurik.com

sweet! finally a decent place

how do i get free games on my 3g iphone

anyone there

how can i unlock my iphone 3g 2.2

Is there any help out there to setting up my iphone to be used as a moden for my PC when traveling??

wonder if u can help me cydia had 6 upgades done them now my iphone will not dial out in phone mode when i go on to cydia it loads packages and a error comes up saying sub processing dont no what to do thanks my email is rave38@hotmail.co.uk thanks

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