Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Daryl Tester]

On 15/9/20 1:23 pm, Chris Fezzler wrote:


Is it safe?

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Chris Fezzler]

 Is it safe?
On Monday, September 14, 2020, 12:51:39 PM EDT, Gregory McGill 
 wrote:  
 
 It's chat, and video/audio chat..so good for demonstrations etc.. and 
interaction 
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:37 AM Stephen Adolph  wrote:

what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) the 
mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill  wrote:

For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a Discord 
server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85 etc
https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
Greg

  

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Gregory McGill]

Happy to set up regular meeting times on there or on Zoom..whatever floats
your boat.

Greg

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 5:17 PM John R. Hogerhuis  wrote:

> " In a work context, I think it's horrible. It's a pure source of
> interruptions and keeping your train of thought broken and keeping you
> from ever getting deep into the puzzle-solving zone where you can
> actually get anything but low hanging fruit done."
>
> Like Gnome ICQ's motto?
>
> "Combining the intrusiveness of a phone call with the hassle of writing
> e-mail"
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[John R. Hogerhuis]

" In a work context, I think it's horrible. It's a pure source of
interruptions and keeping your train of thought broken and keeping you
from ever getting deep into the puzzle-solving zone where you can
actually get anything but low hanging fruit done."

Like Gnome ICQ's motto?

"Combining the intrusiveness of a phone call with the hassle of writing
e-mail"

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Tom Wilson]

General tips for Discord (and Slack and others)

*@name* sends a message to a specific user
example: @arcadeshopper This is a great server! Thanks for inviting us!
This will directly notify Greg and make his computer beep. It will also put
a counter on the server icon, so he can see there's a message waiting.

*@here* sends a message to everyone that is *on line* and connected to a
server.

*@everyone* sends a message to everyone on the server - online or not. *Use
this sparingly. *This should only be used for community announcements and
important messages.

You can also right-click on someone's name to send a DM (direct message).
Your DM conversation shows up in the server list on the left side, and it
will also be available in the Home button in the upper left corner:
[image: image.png]

To set your preferences globally, click the gear icon at the bottom, next
to your name:
[image: image.png]

And if you hook up a microphone, you can voice chat in the voice channels.
You can also video chat if you have a webcam. That's super fun. =)



Tom Wilson
wilso...@gmail.com
(619)940-6311
K6ABZ

>
>>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Tom Wilson]

Yeah - while Slack, Teams, and Discord are great for staying in touch,
they're super annoying at work. At work, I prefer to not be notified of DMs
immediately, but not receive a notification for channel messages. I can go
check them on my own time. (I'm not sure that's configurable in Discord...
I'll go look.)

Yes, there it is... right click on the server (on the left side of your
screen) and select Notifications:
[image: image.png]

Tom Wilson
wilso...@gmail.com
(619)940-6311
K6ABZ


On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 3:20 PM Brian K. White  wrote:

> On 9/14/20 12:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
> > what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1)
> > the mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?
>
> It's like a fancier modern IRC with history/persistence. Browser based.
>
> Chat room via browser basically.
>
> People tend to have it running in a side window or background, where
> you're "in" the room all day, but you don't sit there paying full
> attention to it. You keep an eye on it and read when you want, and if
> someone says something to you directly or mentions you it alerts you so
> you can respond.
>
> In a work context, I think it's horrible. It's a pure source of
> interruptions and keeping your train of thought broken and keeping you
> from ever getting deep into the puzzle-solving zone where you can
> actually get anything but low hanging fruit done.
>
> Outside of work... I drop in to a couple rooms on specific topics or
> projects for a bit once in a while, mostly just to ask about something
> and get my answer.
>
> It's like a hang-out space. It can possibly be nice with people you want
> to hang out with and who want to talk about the same things. The
> immediacy and short back & forth cycle has it's place.
>
> --
> bkw
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Brian K. White]

On 9/14/20 12:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) 
the mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?


It's like a fancier modern IRC with history/persistence. Browser based.

Chat room via browser basically.

People tend to have it running in a side window or background, where 
you're "in" the room all day, but you don't sit there paying full 
attention to it. You keep an eye on it and read when you want, and if 
someone says something to you directly or mentions you it alerts you so 
you can respond.


In a work context, I think it's horrible. It's a pure source of 
interruptions and keeping your train of thought broken and keeping you 
from ever getting deep into the puzzle-solving zone where you can 
actually get anything but low hanging fruit done.


Outside of work... I drop in to a couple rooms on specific topics or 
projects for a bit once in a while, mostly just to ask about something 
and get my answer.


It's like a hang-out space. It can possibly be nice with people you want 
to hang out with and who want to talk about the same things. The 
immediacy and short back & forth cycle has it's place.


--
bkw

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[B 9]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM John R. Hogerhuis  wrote:

> White supremacists? In chat rooms? I [did] nazi that coming.
>

:-D

Greg maybe you could suggest a once a week fixed time range for a club
> meeting?
>

I'd like that, too. Something like, "Model-T Tuesdays at Two"!

Also, can the chats be logged like on IRC? There have been many times when
I've googled for obscure computer related information and only found the
answer because someone a decade ago asked the same question on IRC.


> And when you say you set up a server does that mean you run the server or
> you created a channel and discord company runs the server.
>

I've never used Discord, either, but I don't think it's like Jitsi, Mumble,
or Mastodon — or IRC, even — where you can just run the software on your
own private server. Discord's blog brags of how many white supremacist
servers they shut down, which implies the company has full control. (It
also implies they let the problem fester for a long time, so I'm not sure
they should be boasting.)

Chat run by a single company is not a deal-breaker for me, but I do prefer
open source whenever possible.

—b9

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Joshua O'Keefe]

On Sep 14, 2020, at 11:01 AM, John R. Hogerhuis  wrote:
> Just a suggestion. I've used IRC before and that was one downfall. You go in 
> but no one or hardly anyone happens to be there. 

John, one advantage of Discord over IRC is this situation:  the text chat is 
buffered server side and your client is caught up on all of it when it 
connects.  This means that you aren't banking on someone being online at the 
same time to be able to respond, and you don't have to "idle" in the channel on 
the off chance someone calls out.

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Joshua O'Keefe]

On Sep 14, 2020, at 9:21 AM, Gregory McGill  wrote:
> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a Discord 
> server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85 etc

I am extremely familiar with Discord as both my family and game group use it 
extensively for text chat, voice, video, and screen sharing.  I'm happy to 
answer any questions folks might have about the service or making use of it.

It has been a valuable resource for my family in these difficult times.

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[John R. Hogerhuis]

White supremacists? In chat rooms? I nazi that coming.

Well this will be my chance to see what Discord is. One of my kids uses it
to chat with friends particularly while playing video games.

Chat is one area where we don't have anything going on for our community.

Greg maybe you could suggest a once a week fixed time range for a club
meeting?

Just a suggestion. I've used IRC before and that was one downfall. You go
in but no one or hardly anyone happens to be there.

Or is the idea that you're just setting up the server and everyone should
just do ad hoc meetings?

And when you say you set up a server does that mean you run the server or
you created a channel and discord company runs the server.

I don't know the terminology used by discord users.

-= Model Ts Forever =-

-- John.

>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[B 9]

IRC I can do from my Tandy 200.
Has anyone got Discord working?

—b9

FYI: for those who have been avoiding Discord because they heard it was
popular with white supremacists, the company has since stated that
"inaction is complicity" and they will be actively anti-racist
.

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:57 AM tony  wrote:

> to me it seemed sort of like IRC + video.
>
> so many overlapping tools.
> On 9/14/20 12:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>
> what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) the
> mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
> wrote:
>
>> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a
>> Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85
>> etc
>>
>> https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
>>
>> Greg
>>
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[tony]

to me it seemed sort of like IRC + video.

so many overlapping tools.

On 9/14/20 12:36 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) 
the mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?



On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
mailto:arcadeshop...@gmail.com>> wrote:


For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up
a Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera
kc-85 etc

https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC

Greg

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Gregory McGill]

It's chat, and video/audio chat..so good for demonstrations etc.. and
interaction

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:37 AM Stephen Adolph  wrote:

> what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) the
> mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
> wrote:
>
>> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a
>> Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85
>> etc
>>
>> https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
>>
>> Greg
>>
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Desi Villaescusa]

 


I think I laughed at that way more than I should have. ;-)

Haven't actually used discord yet for anything, but I kind of assumed it was a more modern IRC or something like that...

 

Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 at 9:42 AM
From: "Ken Pettit" 
To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com
Subject: Re: [M100] Discord Server



On 9/14/20 9:36 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
> what is discord

You know how it is with vintage computers, right? You are always
asking, "Do I use discord or dat' cord".

Ken

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Stephen Adolph]

hehehe great one!

Yah I was just thinking "free Slack - yet to be monetized".


On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:42 PM Ken Pettit  wrote:

>
>
> On 9/14/20 9:36 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
> > what is discord
>
> You know how it is with vintage computers, right?  You are always
> asking, "Do I use discord or dat' cord".
>
> Ken
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Ken Pettit]

On 9/14/20 9:36 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:

what is discord


You know how it is with vintage computers, right?  You are always 
asking, "Do I use discord or dat' cord".


Ken

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[RETRO Innovations]

On 9/14/2020 11:36 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) 
the mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?



On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
mailto:arcadeshop...@gmail.com>> wrote:


For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up
a Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera
kc-85 etc

https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC 

Greg

Facebook and the mailing list are not ideal for multi-person text, 
voice, or video chat.  Discord (and Slack and Teams and BlueJeans and I 
am sure others) fill that space.


Jim

--
RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems
www.go4retro.com
store.go4retro.com

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Abraham Moller]

Thanks for setting this up! I will accept the invite shortly.

Jon

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
wrote:

> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a
> Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85
> etc
>
> https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
>
> Greg
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Stephen Adolph]

what is discord, and how does it fit into  or around or on top of (1) the
mailing list and (2) the facebook group ?


On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
wrote:

> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a
> Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85
> etc
>
> https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
>
> Greg
>

Re: [M100] Discord Server

[Josh Malone]

Thanks for this, Greg. Discord has suddenly become a part of my life since
Covid, for some reason. Hope to see folks there.

Maybe we can have some OT or adjacent channels for Z88, HX-20, etc?

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:21 PM Gregory McGill 
wrote:

> For those of us that like a chat room sort of thing I have set up a
> Discord server for the models 100,102,200,Nec 8201A/8300 Kyocera kc-85
> etc
>
> https://discord.gg/fQPF9cC
>
> Greg
>