This release fixes a couple of vulnerabilities, some of them found via fuzzing: https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt I hope I'll find time to write up a blogpost how I fuzzed irssi later.
TIL that Hanno Bock is on HN. Cool! ;)
Irssi 1.0.0 Released
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Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#102Happy to see IRC still going strong. While I switched to irccloud.com a couple years ago--persistent session is so nice, especially for mobile!--I used CLI clients for years before. Amusing blast from the past: back in the 90's I worked at General Magic, and wrote my own IRC client [1] for our handheld devices. I attached a Metricom wireless modem to the bottom of mine and could be on IRC from anywhere ; it was like…
IRC is great. I think I learned more about computing while "wasting time" on IRC game dev channels while I was a student than I ever did at actual university courses.
My entire career is based around wasting time on IRC. When I got laid off a year ago I had another offer within an hour thanks to IRC.
Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#103Did seccomp sandboxing make it to this release? (Not in the highlights listed.)
I'm not sure seccomp sandboxing makes a great deal of sense when the process is supposed to be able to host arbitrary perl script.
Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#104Happy to see IRC still going strong. While I switched to irccloud.com a couple years ago--persistent session is so nice, especially for mobile!--I used CLI clients for years before. Amusing blast from the past: back in the 90's I worked at General Magic, and wrote my own IRC client [1] for our handheld devices. I attached a Metricom wireless modem to the bottom of mine and could be on IRC from anywhere ; it was like…
You can run irrsi in tmux.
Or screen.
Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#105I feel like I just discovered the Coelacanth isn't actually extinct. I initially assumed either: 1) I misread the name of something that merely looked like irssi, or 2) there was a new project names irssi that unfortunately used a name of a much older project. There was a several year period of my life where the vast majority of my online communication took place inside irssi. And that time was not particularly recen…
> I feel like I just discovered the Coelacanth isn't actually extinct. Nah, that's when you hear BitchX has done a new release.
Gosh, BitchX. Now there's something I have fond memories of. I wonder where panasync is now?
Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#106For those interested in consulting, IRC is a great way to find clients. You can both contribute your expertise and socialize and network with developers who specialize in technologies that you know well. I've found a great number of contractors through IRC (especially freenode). The fact that it requires a modicum of tech cred to navigate makes it a bit of a self-selecting pool, which is great.
For those of us who have not yet cracked the technique of finding clients via IRC, could you please share the name of a few channels where you could network and find clients?
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm also glad to see IRC still going strong. I much prefer IRC to StackExchange (not to diminish StackExchange, it's an amazing website) when looking for answers to questions. Not because I always get an answer, but when I do it's pretty quick and it's nice to have a direct conversation with the person who is helping. In addition, there are a lot of nice little channels out there that are just fun to hang out in.
How do you discover nice little channels that are fun to hang out in?
http://irc.netsplit.de/ is a good resource. Read up on the network before joining a channel. Each has their own culture, which is somewhat important to know before you lurk around.
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#108Are there any good irssi/weechat relay clients for iPhone or do I just have to live with that this phone sucks for geeky things like IRC?
I certainly can't seem to find anything in the istore...
Coming from android, that was such a surprise, and similarly, a massive downer.
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#109For those interested in consulting, IRC is a great way to find clients. You can both contribute your expertise and socialize and network with developers who specialize in technologies that you know well. I've found a great number of contractors through IRC (especially freenode). The fact that it requires a modicum of tech cred to navigate makes it a bit of a self-selecting pool, which is great.
For those of us who have not yet cracked the technique of finding clients via IRC, could you please share the name of a few channels where you could network and find clients?
Hang out in the channels associated with languages where you have expertise. If you're a php expert, contribute technical expertise in ##php and socialize in #phpc. And so forth. There's a list of channels here: http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/?net=freenode
My book (link in profile) offers a free chapter on finding clients if you sign up for the mailing list. IRC is discussed in depth.
Re: Irssi 1.0.0 Released
#110Happy to see IRC still going strong. While I switched to irccloud.com a couple years ago--persistent session is so nice, especially for mobile!--I used CLI clients for years before. Amusing blast from the past: back in the 90's I worked at General Magic, and wrote my own IRC client [1] for our handheld devices. I attached a Metricom wireless modem to the bottom of mine and could be on IRC from anywhere ; it was like…
Why but just run a bouncer like znc? I even have push notifications when I get tagged or a add a special keyword.
> Why but just run a bouncer
> like znc