asciilifeform: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2026-01-08#1117270 << this box/chan is (and has been for some time) strictly an emergency fallback for the pestnet. before the latter stood up, there were various fleanode irc chans in use by some of the folx you see here.
dulapbot: Logged on 2026-01-08 07:08:46 svw: asciilifeform: Why use the long sequence of IRC messages form of organization for discussion and reference? Wouldn't there be an advantage in a more structured space or is the ease/simplicity/familiarity too important?
asciilifeform: the problem with 'structured space' is -- where? somebody's www? there were a bunch, most -- dead nao. and not always preserved anywhere, nor easily tied into a thread anyone could hope to follow if he hadn't already tuned in in the old days
asciilifeform: whereas irc logs, for all the barbarism, are simple to preserve and follow. and the pestnet solves this problem correctly, all participants , past and future, have synchronized logs.
asciilifeform: ( see also )
asciilifeform: pestnet convo can continue for so long as anyone wants it to, and pick up precisely where left off, until the asteroid falls. the continuity of the net is not tied to the lifespan, financial solvency, or good will of any individual participant.
asciilifeform: in stark contrast to the www.