I considered IRC back in 1994, liked it, and never left.
That said, I don't find it very good for piracy these days, as things have moved on from the days of fserves and xdcc bots being the best thing around.
Yeah I think it was just Noah. Chris hosted a news podcast for a while that treaded into some conspiracy areas, but wasn't right-wing.
Either way I find their current setup pretty good at staying away from politics unless they're directly related to the technology conversation at hand.
I always suggest starting with the official documentation. If you ask people on forums, it's hard to tell who is a beach-goer, and who spends their days in scuba gear salvaging sunken ships.
Individually owned automobiles and the systems required to support them are wasteful and polluting no matter how you power them.
Electric cars are better, yes. But their popularity is in a large part because they allow us to mostly maintain the status quo.
Do you think they are a sustainable long-term solution? Should we be planning our future around paved roads made almost exclusively for personally owned mostly single-occupant vehicles?
Perhaps this one? I didn't watch it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqppRC37OgI