My usual policy for podcasts is, RSS subscription or else. Ain't got time to visit the damn website. Science Friday tried that for a while and soon went back.
Instead of Facebook/Twitter/G+/etc. subscribe to RSS feeds.
Instead of Medium, use WordPress/Hugo/Metalsmith/etc. on Netlify/Surge/Github etc.
Instead of Mac, use GNU/Linux.
Etc.
In Firefox, do Right Click->View Page Info. The "Feeds" tabs lists the links.
There are also extensions (e.g. "Awesome RSS") that will put a symbol in your URL bar.
Mozilla used to make that more prominent. Most users didn't care, because they still didn't know what that weird icon meant. That was ultimately the downfall of RSS - the web tech scene never managed to communicate to the average user what RSS was good for, what it did, and how to use it.
The issue isn't "not knowing about RSS/ATOM". You don't need to. The same way e.g. you don't need to know what the octane numbers for gasoline mean. What you do need to know is what it does for you, and that answer has always been "not enough to satisfy the hassle".
(A good chunk of the blame here goes to all the larger, traffic-hungry web sites that only published excerpts via RSS, with a click-through link. It transformed a useful feed into a rather useless list of self-updating bookmarks)
It needs a better name than RSS/Atom. It should sound like English: "Subscribe to this website with <better name>." (same icon)
"Really Simple Syndication" and acronyms cause non-technical people to shut down. It's a foreign language. (Edit: "Atom" would be a good name, because it's plain English, and probably a better format too.)
RSS/Atom didn't decline because of Mozilla -- it declined when Google killed Google reader.
The information overload could be solved with machine learning algorithms (run locally in the client) that sort posts into a "featured" folder.
There are solutions to all of the current issues with RSS/Atom.
That's the problem with RSS/Atom. "Feed reader" doesn't mean anything to most people. "Subscribe to this website" does.
IME you just open the page in the podcast program - it extracts the rss feeds from the appropriate tags automatically, promoting for ambiguity (this is with antennapod (Android)).
Bought my first Macbook pro after being a linux/ThinkPad guy since 2008.
I'm probably never going back to Linux on a laptop. I actually have working suspend and resume, plus it's Unix-like under the hood. Trackpad actually works without a bunch of ugly hacks since they deprecated synaptics drivers. no systemd, etc.
I spend almost no time fiddling with my system nowadays. I want to use my lap top, not just configure it every time systemd breaks something and I have to switch distros or window managers to get away from it.
I still like Linux on the server but in my opinion quality ux requires someone to get paid to do the un glamorous work like fixing compatibility issues and corner cases.
This computer "just worked" out of the box, and there is full freedom to tinker with the system. I think the industry should get away from the idea that everything needs to work out of the box anyway.
What specs and model do you have? Are there any tips, or something you wish you knew? My config reaches >€2500 quite fast.
I always research the models online before buying: "<make> <model> <distro>". I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on it at the moment.
The next-day at-home support has been great. They have come to my home and replaced motherboards on the kitchen table with no questions asked.
It has two batteries, which added a little weight, but I rarely think about power outlets any more.
I can't think of anything else, but if you have any specific questions let me know.
I’ve been eyeing the X1Carbon. What made you select T460? Do you feel that it’s portable enough to bike/walk around with and use in cafes etc?
I guess what I’m really wondering is, with all different models (7 different choices in the T series, and then X and P) how can you select one? I’m in analysis paralysis.
- T4XX = 14", T5XX = 15", X2XX = 12"
- The middle number is the last number of the year (T460/X260: 2016, T470/X270: 2017 etc.).
- The T-series has had three models per year, the normal with no ending letters that has an external battery, allows you to replace parts and is mainly meant as a durable corporate workhorse. The s-version is more for consumers, with usually better choices for panels and building material, but more integrated parts and less amount of maximum available memory; no replaceable external battery. The p-version means performance, so the laptop is bulkier but holds a faster 35W CPU.
- P-series are workstations. The s-model holds a ULV CPU, but the normal P51 and P71 can have Xeon/Quadro level parts. They're either 15" or 17" and for some mysterious reason annoy everybody with an off-center keyboard and a numpad.
- X1 Carbon is a 14" ultralight laptop with usually the best screens and best building materials.
- From the consumer models, the only thing that matters is the Yoga series. Don't have any experience from those, but people seem to like them.
I wish laptop makers (and ALL other business) would make less cluttered, less designed websites. Danluu.com is the prime example of great design for me. I wish I could have found your great comment without having to bother people on HN. Thank you!
We're happy to help in /r/thinkpad and ##thinkpad @ freenode.
I walk a lot with this computer and work from cafes all the time. It could be lighter, but it's fine.
I want to try NixOs, but haven't had time yet.
My setup cost ~1.5k€ (base setup plus larger NVRAM, better screen) although if you add touch screen, 3G and other bells and whistles you get to 3k€ pretty fast. I wouldn't add any hard requirement over the base machine.
I have a couple thoughts on how to debug it, but honestly... I haven't had the inclination to invest that much time in it, and the "unplug-then-close" habit has become so ingrained that I'm only burned by this about once every other month or so now.
And this is perhaps the main difference. You stopped tinkering.
You can install a Linux distro aimed a people not interested in tinkering and it will likely just work.
"... but in my opinion quality ux requires someone to get paid to do the un glamorous work like fixing compatibility issues and corner cases."
There are in fact quite of bunch of people getting paid to fix compatibility issues and corner cases.
Try buying hardware from a Linux-based vendor.
Or stopped tinkering with their work machine so that they could spend more time tinkering with things that they actually wanted to tinker with
The only drawback is every wonky package out there is built for Ubuntu, for example Spotify's linux client.
However, if you want a basic system that works, OpenSUSE is the way to go.
>You can install a Linux distro aimed a people not interested in tinkering and it will likely just work.
Ubuntu didn't "just work". Is it aimed at tinkerers?
systemd was very much inspired by macOS's launchd, they're very similar in many ways.
Soostly it worked, bu no allways. But I like to rely on it - and no loose da
I had to write a scraper to find the underlying rss feed for itunes only podcasts.
https://superuser.com/questions/78415/get-rss-feed-from-itun...
Maybe Apple will change/throttle the endpoint in the future but for now it's not authenticated.