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RSS

How can you track lots of Interesting stuff on the Internet?

September 2, 2019May 21, 2018 by Dave
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Today I’d like to offer a tip on how you can rapidly track stuff that you are interested in. RSS There is an existing standard known as RSS. This is an acronym for Rich Site Summary and is a special hidden, but machine readable, webpage that many websites offer. Whenever a new posting appears, this gets … Read more

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rss feeds – how to get it wrong and how to get it right

May 30, 2022January 22, 2012 by Dave

Over at Freethought blogs a few of the folks there are a bit upset with a chap who is scraping all their postings via the RSS feed. It is a great example of how to be a complete douche. PZ writes about it here with his usual sprinkling of humor – “I guess this is … Read more

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