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If, like me, you find these quirks and oddities fascinating, you must keep an eye on Raymond Chen's blog, The Old New Thing[1]. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsof

If, like me, you find these quirks and oddities fascinating, you must keep an eye on Raymond Chen's blog, The Old New Thing[1]. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/

krylon 9y ago
I think that blog is worth reading even to people who do not use or code for Windows.
PeterStuer 9y ago
I used to love reading his pieces. Then Google killed Reader, I never found a replacement I liked, and blogs just died for me. Not 'rational', I know, but I'm sure I'm not alone.
- nunodonato 9y ago
  i kept using The Old Reader. works like a charm, and I have a huge feed of blogs :)
- zacmps 9y ago
  Feedly is pretty good imo.
- groceryheist 9y ago
  Newsblur works great for me. It has some slick machine learning features to help manage complicated feeds.
- aaronbrethorst 9y ago
  Feedbin is worth the couple of bucks it costs per month: https://feedbin.com https://feedbin.com
- pvdebbe 9y ago
  I went to using local aggregators for a while but then went on to using bazqux.com which handles really nice.
- pvdebbe 9y ago
  > Not 'rational', I know, but I'm sure I'm not alone. But in fact what you did was rational in its own way. You enjoyed blogs in the beginning, as long as they were easily accessible by an aggregator. When the user friendly aggregator went away, you decided the blogs didn't offer enough good content to justify the increased management and use of your time.
  - keypress 9y ago
    Lots of interesting things out there. But sometimes you need a flyer pushed through your letterbox to discover them.
- sien 9y ago
  Inoreader. I loved Google Reader. But now Inoreader is better than Google Reader ever was. Link to the last time I posted this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285449 (Seriously - if you liked RSS try Inoreader) Also, I have no connection with Inoreader whatsoever. I wish I did. Great product.
- vog 9y ago
  QuiteRSS. This is a simple Qt application with good usability that does the job. Advantages: It's neither a web service that will disappaer tomorrow, nor a browser extension that ties you to a specific browser. https://quiterss.org/en/about https://quiterss.org/en/about Off-Topic: As with most websites, I had to visit an "About" sub page to get to the description what it does. Why?! Shouldn't this information be the first you read when you open the main site? It's almost the same nonsense as with so-called "landing pages". If a company's main site doesn't qualify as landing page, why do they create a separate sub page instead of just improving their main site? And some websites don't have any newcomer-friendly sub page at all - then there's Wikipedia to the rescue.
  - rasjani 9y ago
    Single apps might be good replacement for greader app but not really for greader as a service. For example: i have multiple devices with different OS’s, some of they had native apps some didn’t but no matter where and how I used reader, I was always in same state from where I had previously been (read items and tags). I’ve personally settled with feedly now but even now after all these years, it’s not up to par with google reader.
- Jare 9y ago
  At the time, after going through anger, denial, etc I switched to Feedly, and today I can't even remember what Google Reader looked like anymore.
- seba_dos1 9y ago
  I've installed CommaFeed on my server (was easy), wrote some little hack-patches to make it behave just exactly like I want it to and it works very well :)
mehrdadn 9y ago
One of my favorite posts was [1], specifically this bit: > Note: I actually don't know who ordered first. I just made up that part of the story to make it funnier. (Note that I make up parts of other stories, too. I'm not a historian. I'm a storyteller.) It really made me rethink the value everyone places in the accuracy (or lack thereof) of storytelling. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130205-00/?p=5343 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130205-00/?p=...
- marcoperaza 9y ago
  For another classic example of taking some liberties with the truth for the sake of a good story, see: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html And especially the FAQ about it: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html
  - mehrdadn 9y ago
    Ah! This is probably the third time I'm reading this, and it's still just as entertaining as it always was. :-) > "You waited a few DAYS?" I interrupted, a tremor tinging my voice. "And you couldn't send email this whole time?" > "We could send email. Just not more than--" > "--500 miles, yes," I finished for him, "I got that. But why didn't you call earlier?" > "Well, we hadn't collected enough data to be sure of what was going on until just now." Right. This is the chairman of statistics. I hadn't read the FAQ before though! Thanks for posting these. This guy definitely has a lot of patience for putting up with all those FAQs about inconsistencies in his story...
- sureaboutthis 9y ago
  That's why they call them stories and not facts. I've been in the "movie industry" for decades and it still astounds me that people come out of the theater thinking what they saw, in most cases, is reality--even when the disclaimer "based on" is clearly shown ahead of time.
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krylon 9y ago

I think that blog is worth reading even to people who do not use or code for Windows.

PeterStuer 9y ago

I used to love reading his pieces. Then Google killed Reader, I never found a replacement I liked, and blogs just died for me. Not 'rational', I know, but I'm sure I'm not alone.

nunodonato 9y ago
i kept using The Old Reader. works like a charm, and I have a huge feed of blogs :)
zacmps 9y ago
Feedly is pretty good imo.
groceryheist 9y ago
Newsblur works great for me. It has some slick machine learning features to help manage complicated feeds.
aaronbrethorst 9y ago
Feedbin is worth the couple of bucks it costs per month: https://feedbin.com https://feedbin.com
pvdebbe 9y ago
I went to using local aggregators for a while but then went on to using bazqux.com which handles really nice.
pvdebbe 9y ago
> Not 'rational', I know, but I'm sure I'm not alone. But in fact what you did was rational in its own way. You enjoyed blogs in the beginning, as long as they were easily accessible by an aggregator. When the user friendly aggregator went away, you decided the blogs didn't offer enough good content to justify the increased management and use of your time.
- keypress 9y ago
  Lots of interesting things out there. But sometimes you need a flyer pushed through your letterbox to discover them.
sien 9y ago
Inoreader. I loved Google Reader. But now Inoreader is better than Google Reader ever was. Link to the last time I posted this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285449 (Seriously - if you liked RSS try Inoreader) Also, I have no connection with Inoreader whatsoever. I wish I did. Great product.
vog 9y ago
QuiteRSS. This is a simple Qt application with good usability that does the job. Advantages: It's neither a web service that will disappaer tomorrow, nor a browser extension that ties you to a specific browser. https://quiterss.org/en/about https://quiterss.org/en/about Off-Topic: As with most websites, I had to visit an "About" sub page to get to the description what it does. Why?! Shouldn't this information be the first you read when you open the main site? It's almost the same nonsense as with so-called "landing pages". If a company's main site doesn't qualify as landing page, why do they create a separate sub page instead of just improving their main site? And some websites don't have any newcomer-friendly sub page at all - then there's Wikipedia to the rescue.
- rasjani 9y ago
  Single apps might be good replacement for greader app but not really for greader as a service. For example: i have multiple devices with different OS’s, some of they had native apps some didn’t but no matter where and how I used reader, I was always in same state from where I had previously been (read items and tags). I’ve personally settled with feedly now but even now after all these years, it’s not up to par with google reader.
Jare 9y ago
At the time, after going through anger, denial, etc I switched to Feedly, and today I can't even remember what Google Reader looked like anymore.
seba_dos1 9y ago
I've installed CommaFeed on my server (was easy), wrote some little hack-patches to make it behave just exactly like I want it to and it works very well :)

mehrdadn 9y ago

One of my favorite posts was [1], specifically this bit: > Note: I actually don't know who ordered first. I just made up that part of the story to make it funnier. (Note that I make up parts of other stories, too. I'm not a historian. I'm a storyteller.) It really made me rethink the value everyone places in the accuracy (or lack thereof) of storytelling. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130205-00/?p=5343 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20130205-00/?p=...

marcoperaza 9y ago
For another classic example of taking some liberties with the truth for the sake of a good story, see: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html And especially the FAQ about it: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html
- mehrdadn 9y ago
  Ah! This is probably the third time I'm reading this, and it's still just as entertaining as it always was. :-) > "You waited a few DAYS?" I interrupted, a tremor tinging my voice. "And you couldn't send email this whole time?" > "We could send email. Just not more than--" > "--500 miles, yes," I finished for him, "I got that. But why didn't you call earlier?" > "Well, we hadn't collected enough data to be sure of what was going on until just now." Right. This is the chairman of statistics. I hadn't read the FAQ before though! Thanks for posting these. This guy definitely has a lot of patience for putting up with all those FAQs about inconsistencies in his story...
sureaboutthis 9y ago
That's why they call them stories and not facts. I've been in the "movie industry" for decades and it still astounds me that people come out of the theater thinking what they saw, in most cases, is reality--even when the disclaimer "based on" is clearly shown ahead of time.
- deleted 9y ago