Ask HN: What IRC rooms do you frequent?

#startups, #django, #clojure but to tell you the truth it changes all the time. for me it's not really a social thing - i'm just scanning for the occasional nugget of wisdom, or seeking help.

fogus• 18 years ago

#clojure, #scala

ivanstojic• 18 years ago

#startups, #lisp, #php, #dojo on freenode #java, #c on efnet

abstractbill• 18 years ago

Speaking of IRC, I realized this weekend I've implemented what I believe is the world's largest IRC network (the Justin.TV chat system).

According to searchirc.com QuakeNet peaks at about 170k users, whereas Justin.TV chat has gone up to 188k concurrent users so far.

I should write something about how JTV Chat was implemented - there's some interesting stories.

falsestprophet• 18 years ago

Please do

doodyhead• 18 years ago

Would love to hear about this also -- sounds like a brilliant example of reuse in software engineering.

bts• 18 years ago

Yeah this would be great. I would look forward to it.

r11t• 18 years ago

Sounds really neat. Please share your implementation with us :)

ideamonk• 18 years ago

#ai is good. #python for help in python #c++ to help ;)

jeremychase-22• 18 years ago

#debian, #linode, #lighttpd, #drupal-support, #wordpress, #amateur_radio, and a private channel. On freenode, oftc, and efnet. Colloquy is nice. ;)

gecko• 18 years ago

Have they fixed the issue where sometimes the entire chat conversion disappears until you switch themes a couple of times?

jeremychase-22• 18 years ago

I can't say.. I picked a theme and haven't changed it.

r00k• 18 years ago

Arggh...rooms? Rooms is AOL-speak. :)

You mean channels.

tialys• 18 years ago

#nmu on csc.nmu.edu My CS department runs an unofficial server that we all SSH into and screen through IRSSI. We get a lot done that way. Makes planning our ACM/LUG meetings easier too since you can scrollback and see the previous discussions.

tlrobinson2• 18 years ago

That's a great idea, I wish we had that in college.

DarkShikari• 18 years ago

Freenode: #x264dev, #x264, #avisynth, #ffmpeg, #videolan, #mplayer, #ffmpeg-devel, #mplayerdev, #xvid, #uncov

Rizon: #darkhold, #cccp

tene• 18 years ago

freenode: #utah, #lojban, #perl6 irc.perl.org: #parrot I also hang out in my ISP's IRC channel for convenient occasional tech support.

unalone2• 18 years ago

I haven't been able to find an IRC client I like for the Mac, so for the last few months I've been completely clean.

gsiener• 18 years ago

I've been using Colloquy. Not great but gets the job done.

unalone2• 18 years ago

I can't get it to open up chat rooms. I enter in the room name and it goes entirely blank. And their help files are rubbish.

ohxten• 18 years ago

Try MacIrssi.

apgwoz2• 18 years ago

If you're an emacs user, give rcirc, or erc a shot. They're nice and simple.

wmoxam• 18 years ago

I've been using Limechat lately

zitterbewegung• 18 years ago

#scheme on freenode.

apgwoz2• 18 years ago

+1 for #scheme--it's been a while since I've been on IRC, but enjoy that, #emacs (cause I learn a lot), #autonomo.us and on occasion hop into #lisp

tlrobinson2• 18 years ago

#cappuccino on freenode ;)

emmett• 18 years ago

#postgresql, #ruby-lang, #python

hapless• 18 years ago

There are no IRC channels in which I want to admit being involved.

mst• 18 years ago

Most of irc.perl.org - notably #moose is quite good for discussing meta-model type stuff even if not directly in a perl context.

Plus a few bits and pieces on freenode.

ekpyrotic• 18 years ago

Freenode: #physics, #math, #trivia

UnderNet: #philosophy, #trivia

truebosko• 18 years ago

#django, #python, #startups on freenode.

Most active in #django, can be a pretty fun channel at times

mindcrime• 18 years ago

On FreeNode, I auto join these channels when I bother to start my IRC client, which may or may not happen any given day.

#trilug (Triangle Linux User's Group)

#trijug (Triangle Java User's Group)

#trilug-mtb (people in trilug who ride MTBs)

#fedora

#centos

#asterisk

#centos

#openmoko

#java

#eclipse

#spring

#jboss

#hibernate

#ruby

#erlang

#prolog

#lisp

#ai

#swig

#machinelearning

#openqabal

herdrick• 18 years ago

I've been lurking in #clojure lately.

srn• 18 years ago

#elinux and #linuxchix

stuartcw• 18 years ago

#space when there is a shuttle launch or other interesting live NASA TV coverage

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