we will add an IRC channel at some point when there are enough people
to warrant having one.
+note also the lack of a "forum" in the above list. this is very deliberate. forums are a serious distraction when it comes to technical heavily goal-orientated development. recent internet users may enjoy looking up the "AOL metoo postings" meme.
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+note also the complete lack of "social platforms". if we wanted to tell everybody how much better each of us are than anyone else in the team, how many times we made a commit (look at me, look at me, i'm so clever), and how many times we went to the bathroom, we would have installed a social media based project "management" system.
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