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Mal ,'The Message'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Consuela - Mar 14, 2013 11:16:19 am PDT #22188 of 25497
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Feedly says that when Reader goes away I won't notice any difference.

Except it's my understanding that Google Reader is updating constantly, and I'm not sure other services will have the bandwidth/throughput to do that. Google Reader also keeps the old pages on its server, so if you want to look at old stuff it doesn't get re-pulled from the original site. Also not something I'm convinced all other services can do...

Apparently The Old Reader is getting hammered with requests. I may wait a month or two before switching to another service...


§ ita § - Mar 14, 2013 11:45:24 am PDT #22189 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How is that consolidated or automated?

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No, I'm aware of the technical hooks--I mean as a consumer of tweets replacing an RSS feed to my consolidation tool--what is my interface there? The normal twitter front end and clicking on links? Wouldn't that top out pretty quickly in usability?


tommyrot - Mar 15, 2013 6:39:12 am PDT #22190 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Blast from the past time: Tech Time Warp of the Week: The Commodore-64, 1983 | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

What was originally a two-hour info/training video on the C-64 has been edited down to nine minutes. I laughed out loud when he described the C-64 as having "a huge amount of memory." The video is also interesting because it's aimed at people who know almost nothing about computeres--it explains what a tape drive and floppy disc drive are.


Maria - Mar 16, 2013 8:32:20 am PDT #22191 of 25497
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Anyone else getting an iTunes store 4010 error when trying to update genius results? Google is giving me no love on a solution that actually works.


tommyrot - Mar 16, 2013 1:13:22 pm PDT #22192 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I get a shitload of weird iTunes errors these days but I don't remember the error number. But they're all something to do with a failed request of the iTunes Store.


Tom Scola - Mar 16, 2013 2:44:49 pm PDT #22193 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So I'm trying to sell my MacBook Pro on Craigslist for $700. Someone just emailed me and asked if it was still available. I replied that it was, but the price was firm. He immediately replied and offered me $200, plus his PC.

People suck.


tommyrot - Mar 16, 2013 2:56:42 pm PDT #22194 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Tell him to sell the PC for $500 and bring that money plus the $200?

Either that or crush his head, Kids in the Hall- style.


NoiseDesign - Mar 16, 2013 3:59:58 pm PDT #22195 of 25497
Our wings are not tired

I'm not sure if they suck, or are just painfully stupid.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2013 3:36:02 am PDT #22196 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone know why Google's webmaster tools keep coming back with the same error: http:/ /alt.buffistas.net/: Googlebot can't access your site 14 March 2013 --the space is mine, but the colon after the last forward slash is not. Do I need to nuke it from orbit and start again? I'd rather not.


le nubian - Mar 19, 2013 7:58:48 am PDT #22197 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what do you all think of this phone case? it lights up when you receive calls.

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