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		cheald on May 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Alternative to Stack Overflow? IRC channels for domain-related groups are also an excellent resource for this kind of discovery.

devnonymous on May 26, 2014 [–]

The problem with IRC channels is, conversations there then to be time-sensitive. So except for the most popular channels with plenty of people active all the time, someone (in South-east Asia, for instance) will not get the benefit of good answers from a number of people.

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