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Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by catacombs »

pier25 wrote: post #24
leetbulb wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some channels are just like that. If you have a question, usually you just ask and wait a while until someone gets around to answer it or have a conversation with you about it. Checking my IRC client since yesterday, there's at least 500 new messages in almost all channels I've joined. Some more popular channels like #linux have constant conversations going.

What server do you use?

A person's server list is like a little black book. They'll likely not share so other people don't pollute it.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by catacombs »

reroute1 wrote: post #46
eswat wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I miss hanging out in #CSS with the topic explicitly saying the channel wasn’t about Counter-Strike: Source. You’d still get new people asking for a scirm every so often though.

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Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by leetbulb »

Orion21 wrote: post #30
leetbulb wrote: post #17

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This is just over the past couple days: https://i.imgur.com/WUFiL18.png I wouldn't call it dead at all.

where/how do you connect to these rooms? I would love to hang out in the #linux room

As the other reply said: Freenode. But I also am on other servers and many other channels.

I run a The Lounge[0] instance on a cheap VPS.

[0] https://thelounge.chat/

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by leetbulb »

pier25 wrote: post #24
leetbulb wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some channels are just like that. If you have a question, usually you just ask and wait a while until someone gets around to answer it or have a conversation with you about it. Checking my IRC client since yesterday, there's at least 500 new messages in almost all channels I've joined. Some more popular channels like #linux have constant conversations going.

What server do you use?

Freenode primarily. Plenty of other servers out there for different communities, too.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by [deleted] »

factorialboy wrote: post #4
adreamingsoul wrote: post #2

I don't imagine that information will be shared here in an open forum.

Clarification - I don't mean "hackers" as depicted in the movies. I'm referring to nerds, geeks, engineers, tickerers etc. who do it for the love of doing it. Not for building a commercial operation.

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Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by simonsarris »

Not hacker specific but IMO its somewhat unfortunate that most of the good/intellectual internet has moved into private chats, secret slacks, etc.

This is OK except that it makes it much more difficult for newcomers to find the good thing, so the pipeline is worse. Sometimes nowadays it is hard to discover and be discovered.

Twitter still works OK.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by dole »

vorpalhex wrote: post #39
non-entity wrote: post #9

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Ok, so hear me out: I'm a young dumb kid, and I just don't get irc. I'll join a supposedly active irc channel for something I'm working on, do whatever the channel wants as far as registering, etc. Once I'm in, nothing. No one seems to be chatting about anything, the only messages I see are logging people joining and leaving. One time I left an irc client open for hours and i finally saw some other human asked a ques…

1. Run a bouncer - this is a program that will log messages and keep you aware of conversation when you aren't actively connected (really the bouncer stays connected and you just connect to it) 2. Most channels have a time of day when they're alive. That may not be when you're in them. 3. Turn off/Suppress the join/leave messages in busy channels. You'll be happier.

For those wanting to check out bouncers, give IRCCloud[0] a try for a (free) hosted bouncer, or look into running your own with ZNC[1].

[0]https://www.irccloud.com/

[1]https://wiki.znc.in/ZNC

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by rolph »

what/where lone wolf hackers do to hang out

A cheapo router as in goodwill or bargain basement, that has nas functionality, can often find a home in starange places. be creative about using other than factory casings, and find a place to piggyback some power, you will have a dead drop. secure the router with something hackish for a password, and even use LAN encryption. Keep doing this as often, and as wideley as possible, and when you come back to maintain the drop, and review the dropped material to scrubb out the knuckledragger porn and flaming, you can reveal a number of precious gems. it doesnt need to connect to the internet it only needs to be reliable and have storage. you may even get enough access points to mesh them.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Wireless-DeadDrop/

this should give you some ideas as well:

https://hackaday.com/2018/06/27/literary-camouflage-for-your...

look for old telephone subscriber boxes or other casings that are common in the wild to put your dead drop into.

Im from the era when BBS ing was moby huge, and we would war dial all night to get a list of potential BBSs and other fun numbers that gave a modem handshake.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the real hackers hangout?

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Post by BlackRing »

dole wrote: post #58
vorpalhex wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Run a bouncer - this is a program that will log messages and keep you aware of conversation when you aren't actively connected (really the bouncer stays connected and you just connect to it) 2. Most channels have a time of day when they're alive. That may not be when you're in them. 3. Turn off/Suppress the join/leave messages in busy channels. You'll be happier.

For those wanting to check out bouncers, give IRCCloud[0] a try for a (free) hosted bouncer, or look into running your own with ZNC[1]. [0] https://www.irccloud.com/ [1] https://wiki.znc.in/ZNC

znc >
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