Great read!! I still have my N900, my favorite smartphone of all time!

Where did I say the opposite of anything you are talking about?

Yup I get it, just don’t like marketing speak and downplaying what we are talking about - it takes a ton of joules to get water that hot and it’s dangerous.

with water that’s roughly 200 degrees Fahrenheit

barely warm enough to brew a cup of tea

That is scalding hot water brother LOL

Out of the current “R” brand spread, Romney at least had some character. I wouldn’t beat yourself up too bad about things you did many many years ago, reflection is hard, growing up is hard - you are a champion for being man enough and introspective enough to grow as a person. Also I enjoyed reading this, thank you for sharing.

IRC is still around and nothing has really surpassed it yet imho. We keep re-inventing the wheel.

I want to try it out… but the smell test is off: Land on the github and it proudly proclaims the author is not doing this for money, only to help the community! Awesome right? Scroll down a little more to project history… and the first version he created and got bored with and sold. Ok… well let’s click on the website link to actually see what this looks like before cloning and installing… and the first thing I am hit with is join a premium subscription.

I’m not against making money, we all have to - but please don’t act like it’s “not about the money” and then make it about the money.