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by ekianjo 2473 days ago
No. you just connect to an always on session like TheLounge and you have an IRC with the features you want. Pretty simple.
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manigandham 2473 days ago
This is like the famous comment in the "Show HN: Dropbox" thread that said you could just use rsync/ftp/git instead. Meanwhile Dropbox is now worth over $8B.
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ekianjo 2472 days ago
Not sure why the value of anything makes my point invalid? I answered there was a simple way for anyone using IRC to keep sessions alive and therefore not miss any message. This is an off the shelf solution, not something you have to build by yourself.
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manigandham 2472 days ago
Because it's a workaround, and shows just how far apart the legacy tech is from a modern experience.
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