in case you dont know what irc is: first download a client, like hexchat, xchat, mirc, or kiwiirc, and then for the server name you put in irc.quakenet.org (typically the command would be /server irc.quakenet.org) and then join the channel #cplusplus (/join #cplusplus) if you have any questions about connecting dont hesitate to ask
Agreed, I really think something like this could help out beginners a lot (and should be more visible). As well as just being an awesome place to hang out/discuss projects.
Just joined today and now you all have to deal with me there regularly :D.
Easy to say, but difficult in practice. In today's competitive market, the strong can pretty much sustain their dominance by forcing smaller, weaker competition to fork out >$1,000 / month in attack protection services like staminus or blacklotus. Most users do blame them simply because they don't understand the circumstances. The only thing users understand is that any particular service is slow.
I hope the NSA tracks down some of these botnet operators and makes a few more deep-sea deposits out of them.