Re: [fpc-other] fpc-other Digest, Vol 150, Issue 6

2023-04-21 Thread Steve Litt via fpc-other 
HSN via fpc-other said on Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:14:56 +

>The ban list for #fpc can be accessed by typing /mode #fpc b
>I hereby relinquish all claims to said list donate it to whomever
>wishes to recruit new members for their own channel.

I think the official FPC project should register #fpc FAST! We want
#FPC conforming to the project's agenda, not to some individual agenda.

SteveT

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Re: [fpc-other] fpc-other Digest, Vol 150, Issue 6

2023-04-21 Thread HSN via fpc-other 
The ban list for #fpc can be accessed by typing /mode #fpc b
I hereby relinquish all claims to said list donate it to whomever wishes to 
recruit new members for their own channel.

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 17:36,  wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:15:14 -0700 (PDT)
> From: geneb 
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> Subject: Re: [fpc-other] #fpc irc channel
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> On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, HSN via fpc-other wrote:
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>> Hi everyone
>> I have helped nikolay moderate the #fpc channels for years since it had 
>> become unusable due to trolls back on freenode .
>>
>> First I want to clarify regarding the #fpc channel rules
>> 1. Lurkers - pascal programmers can lurk all they like. Strangers with 
>> unknown intentions cannot.
> Why not? If they're just lurking, they're not impacting anyone.
>
>> 8.Introduction: please tell me who are and how you found channel when you 
>> join. It makes my life a lot easier. I don?t want to accidentally ban you 
>> because of some misunderstanding.
> This is literally none of your business. You banned me as "rude" when I
> said as much.
>
>> 9. Culture: Friendly and helpful. Rude People who engage in harassment will 
>> be shown the door.
>>
> ...or don't kowtow to the demands of the empress.
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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:03:45 +
> From: HSN 
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> I bet there could be people in these mailing lists that don?t even use 
> pascal. It?s is understandable why someone who doesn?t use pascal could be 
> offended about being asked to talk about what they are doing in pascal... 
> People I know who like pascal don?t seem to have These hang ups.
>
> If nobody knows the backstory about freenode, it was taken over and destroyed 
> on purpose to get people off of irc and onto platforms that spy on users and 
> monetize their data. Irc is one of the few platforms left on the Internet 
> where there is no phone number or email required to talk.
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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:23:17 -0400
> From: Steve Litt 
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> geneb via fpc-other said on Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:15:14 -0700 (PDT)
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> Hi geneb,
>
> Please pass this on to HSN, whom I assume is Joanna...
>
>>On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, HSN via fpc-other wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone
>>> I have helped nikolay moderate the #fpc channels for years since it
>>> had become unusable due to trolls back on freenode .
>
> Trolls don't lurk, so why the antipathy for lurkers Joanna?
>
>>>
>>> First I want to clarify regarding the #fpc channel rules
>>> 1. Lurkers - pascal programmers can lurk all they like. Strangers
>>> with unknown intentions cannot.
>>Why not? If they're just lurking, they're not impacting anyone.
>
> Also, I made tens of thousands of dollars with both Whitesmith Pascal
> and Turbo Pascal last century, but this century I just do Pascal every
> few months. So am I a Pascal programmer? If there's a Pascal aptitude
> test to qualify for #fpc, please point me to it so I can cram and pass
> the test.
>
>>
>>> 8.Introduction: pl