From 64212db6db3129d06f9bfbd770f6e3b4d0d149b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Slade <slade@lambda-y.net> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:27:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] more glosses --- content-org/babbageBLOG.org | 3 ++- ...e-can-be-told-what-irc-is-you-have-to-logon-for-yourself.md | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content-org/babbageBLOG.org b/content-org/babbageBLOG.org index 65e9a7d..9fa636b 100644 --- a/content-org/babbageBLOG.org +++ b/content-org/babbageBLOG.org @@ -5943,7 +5943,8 @@ also had a pocket connection via my mobile phone [fn:weechatinterfaces]. This gave me a persistent connection and log history and all that. -Then I started using [[https://matrix.org][Matrix]] more, (in part) since some projects have +Then I started using [[https://matrix.org][Matrix]] (=a modern, but heavy, "IRC replacement", +itself theoretically a Slack, Discord, &c. competitor) more, (in part) since some projects have chosen it as a more modern/capable alternative to IRC, and, soon after, it was the case that most of the IRC rooms I was in were bridged to Matrix anyway. And then it seemed perhaps more convenient diff --git a/content/posts/no-one-can-be-told-what-irc-is-you-have-to-logon-for-yourself.md b/content/posts/no-one-can-be-told-what-irc-is-you-have-to-logon-for-yourself.md index 65f1112..f73cb47 100644 --- a/content/posts/no-one-can-be-told-what-irc-is-you-have-to-logon-for-yourself.md +++ b/content/posts/no-one-can-be-told-what-irc-is-you-have-to-logon-for-yourself.md @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ also had a pocket connection via my mobile phone [^fn:1]. This gave me a persistent connection and log history and all that. -Then I started using [Matrix](https://matrix.org) more, (in part) since some projects have +Then I started using [Matrix](https://matrix.org) (=a modern, but heavy, "IRC replacement", +itself theoretically a Slack, Discord, &c. competitor) more, (in part) since some projects have chosen it as a more modern/capable alternative to IRC, and, soon after, it was the case that most of the IRC rooms I was in were bridged to Matrix anyway. And then it seemed perhaps more convenient -- GitLab