<Xogium>
I dunno why, I expected your try to go local to also fail with them
<Xogium>
like the fact it happened at all isn't surprising
<peterm6881>
i told them its a little hot for me, over 5000 GBP just to do a quick sanity check for obvious mistakes
<Xogium>
yeah hot
<peterm6881>
i think i copied you in. We could just take a gamble and go with what we've got
<peterm6881>
i just thought it would be a sensible idea to get a second opinion on the quality of our files, particularly from the factory that is likely to produce the boards
<peterm6881>
how are things with you?
<Xogium>
boring, its raining like mad
<peterm6881>
what could we do
<peterm6881>
check out the whatsapp plugin? or do you already know thats unworkable?
<peterm6881>
since fb messenger is no longer viable
<Xogium>
well its unworkable they want me to scan a qr code every time
<peterm6881>
hmm yeah you said that
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<peterm6881>
hey, my doppelgangbang
<peterm6881>
doppelganger
<peterm6881>
welcom peterm6881_
<peterm6881>
wilcommen
<peterm6881_>
Hi
<peterm6881_>
How is everyone today
<peterm6881>
im fine, I cant speak for Xogium though
<peterm6881>
Xogium is a little unpredictable
<peterm6881_>
I see, noted
<Xogium>
scary
<Xogium>
there's 2 of them !
<peterm6881>
one is bad enough
<peterm6881_>
How dare you
<peterm6881>
ok I closed thwe app to see if I could shut him up
<peterm6881>
so far so good
<Xogium>
nice
<peterm6881>
peterm6881_, blah etc.
<Xogium>
that should have pinged on the phone
<peterm6881>
yay push notification worked straight out of the box
<Xogium>
woo
<peterm6881>
have to agree, thats pretty cool
<peterm6881>
the app was closed
<peterm6881>
and it pinged
<Xogium>
fancy fancy
<peterm6881>
we couldnt be that lucky could we? I should buy a scratchcard
<peterm6881>
maybe we're on a roll
<Xogium>
maybe
<Xogium>
hehe
<peterm6881>
so yeah, it looks like you can reach me
<peterm6881>
and vice versa
<peterm6881>
irccloud, remember the name
<Xogium>
nice
<Xogium>
I will
<peterm6881>
they have sponsor, i dont think ive seen that before
<Xogium>
ah you can have them, but you need to be pretty badass org to have that
<peterm6881>
64 repositories, does seem to be actively maintained. Ill see if I can give them kudos somehow
<peterm6881>
lets see how long it takes that idiot to show as away
<Xogium>
hmm should it do that automatically ?
<peterm6881>
it did, i noticed he greyed out after a while
<Xogium>
nice
<peterm6881>
wanna hear something ironic?
<Xogium>
sure
<peterm6881>
in the app, just to the left of peterm6881, they put a large dot with a P in it
<peterm6881>
and its bright day glow pink
<peterm6881>
yours is an X on a green background
<Xogium>
nice
<peterm6881_>
Pipe down in here I'm trying to sleep
<peterm6881>
fuck off
<Xogium>
hehe
<peterm6881>
ive closed the app, good riddance
* Xogium
hands peterm6881_ a rock
<Xogium>
knock yourself out with that
<peterm6881>
hahahaha
<Xogium>
the joys of irc, you can make actions
<Xogium>
with /me
<peterm6881>
brilliant, the rock came through the portal
<Xogium>
a bit like on skype in the old days
* peterm6881
does a silly Irish dance
<Xogium>
haha
<peterm6881>
cool
<peterm6881>
i did not know that
<Xogium>
its nice sometimes, I prefer to use these instead of just smileys
<Xogium>
much more fun
<peterm6881>
im gonna email that team, it looks like they did a class job
<peterm6881>
yeah, what other features should I know about?
<Xogium>
hmm
<Xogium>
not sure
<peterm6881>
rest in peace Messenger
<Xogium>
lol yeah
<Xogium>
I wish irc on phone was better for blind people though
<Xogium>
that, no matter if using android or ios, will be crap
* peterm6881_
thanks Xogium for the semi precious stone
<Xogium>
hah
<peterm6881_>
I tnink its an amethyst
<Xogium>
I actually have a tiny chunk of emerald. It turned out not pure enough for jewelry
<peterm6881>
what would you know
<peterm6881>
sorry that was meant for peterm6881_
<peterm6881_>
Fight ya
<peterm6881>
you and whos army
<peterm6881_>
Vladimir Putin
<peterm6881>
wtf
<Xogium>
I think he's gone mad
<peterm6881>
ahoy from the Emerald isle
<Xogium>
but heh speaking of that, the war isn't really going out well at all for mother russia, is it
<peterm6881>
so they say
<Xogium>
when you gotta bring out tanks from the 60's to try to fight, you're in deep shit
<peterm6881>
fuel economy must be shite on those
<Xogium>
hell yep
<Xogium>
they try to motilize but problem is, well... No matter that you got, lets say 40 millions of people fithing, 99% of them aren't motivated to fight for one, and two, your tech is lagging so much behind by now that you can't close the gap
<Xogium>
even china is like, huh, putin, calm the fuck down
<peterm6881>
lol
<peterm6881>
yes, awkward
<Xogium>
that china says this directly to putin means that they really don't fancy this either
<peterm6881>
when your neighbour fucking loses it
<Xogium>
they pretty much stayed neutral until now, but with their calm the hell down
<Xogium>
maybe its a, calm the hell down or I'll calm it for you
<Xogium>
china is very opportunistic so maybe they see something here
<peterm6881>
apparently , if you agree to go fight in Ukraine, you are granted Russian citizenship after 1 year, instead of the usual 5 years. Are you tempted?
<Xogium>
lol, no
<Xogium>
well I'd probably go fight but against russia. Maybe
<peterm6881>
the worlds gone, umm... madder
<peterm6881>
Liz Truss is off to the casino
<Xogium>
yeah, so it did
<peterm6881>
to chase their losses and win back the UK economy
<peterm6881>
5 minutes
<peterm6881>
thats how long it look me to show as away
<Xogium>
yet it was the first ptorocol invented to do this lol
<Xogium>
how ironic
<Xogium>
*protocol
<peterm6881>
Yeah, I think this app deserves some exposure.
<peterm6881>
Its genuinely a good alternative to other instant messaging apps
<peterm6881>
They say IRC is in decline, at least that blogger did. I dont think that's the case any more
<Xogium>
oh it is
<Xogium>
discord and facebook and what have you have many many more the number of active users no irc network could ever boast about
<Xogium>
libera probably hovers at about 80000 users, something like that
<peterm6881>
I think more people are moving into development through RPi, and I'd say IRC is still very much how they communicate
<peterm6881>
Oh yes im not saying it will be or ever was mainstream
<peterm6881>
I dont know much about Discord
<peterm6881>
And for sure Facebook is useful when you don't want to hand over actual phone numbers, as opposed to WhatsApp. But even with Facebook you generally have the full identity
<Xogium>
discord is a piece of trash, which is one of the reasons I don't count on it ever
<peterm6881>
So in the mix, I think irccloud definitely deserves its place in the sun, I'd say it makes irc no longer just for geeks
<peterm6881>
I think if more people knew about it, more people would consider using it for instant messaging
<peterm6881>
But that's not necessarily desirable in irc land 😜