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Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online?
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Mar 15, 2013 17:48
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? It seems like the type of thing where either you've never heard of RSS and don't use it, or you think its the greatest thing in the world and spend more time on Reader than anything else. Haven't seen many people in the middle.
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Mar 15, 2013 17:55
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? RSS has been around for a really long time but at this point has more or less been killed by Facebook, Twitter, and everyone else going to private APIs. Mostly because they can get more ad revenue this way. Google is just taking the patient off life support.
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Mar 15, 2013 17:56
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? After seeing the uproar online, it seems like it. Like others have mentioned, I use reader daily to read the various blogs. I have no interest in visiting the 30 or so websites I've got Reader pulling. 1 site to rule them all I say.
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Mar 15, 2013 17:57
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Pivit posted:It seems like the type of thing where either you've never heard of RSS and don't use it, or you think its the greatest thing in the world and spend more time on Reader than anything else. Haven't seen many people in the middle. I only ever check my feeds on my lunch break at work. I spend less than 90 minutes a week on it. I mostly just read tech headlines. v  v
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Mar 15, 2013 18:22
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? Since Sept 2010 I've read over 170,000 articles; some people in the reddit threads are double that, and it's not just a few either.
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Mar 15, 2013 18:24
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Is there a cheaper and less ugly alternative to Touchdown if I want a mail app that will handle Exchange security settings within the app? My IT department advocated Touchdown to us if we don't want to give them remote wipe/administrator access to our phones, but Touchdown is crazy expensive and looks like hot garbage.
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Mar 15, 2013 18:32
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Pivit posted:It seems like the type of thing where either you've never heard of RSS and don't use it, or you think its the greatest thing in the world and spend more time on Reader than anything else. Haven't seen many people in the middle. If this counts as being "in the middle," every few months I spontaneously remember that RSS exists, add a bunch of blogs to google reader, read through them furiously for a couple hours, and then never check on them again and then end up deleting all or most of them. This has happened at least three times, with the most recent occurrence being just after I found out that Google is axing Reader. Maybe I just suck at finding interesting blogs. That said, I really wish the SA forums had RSS.
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Mar 15, 2013 18:54
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It is, try K-9 maybe, but I've been more than happy with the built in Exchange app. We don't have any nutty remote use or wipe policies though.
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Mar 15, 2013 18:55
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So I have been using the utorrent app on my nexus 7 and its been great, but it doesn't let me choose what files inside the torrent too download (Instead automatically downloading everything) am I missing something or is their any alternative torrent app that let's me do this?
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Mar 15, 2013 19:18
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dik-dik posted:That said, I really wish the SA forums had RSS. They do. And they're awesome. Also http://www.somethingawful.com/d/directory.php
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Mar 15, 2013 19:20
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uapyro posted:Since Sept 2010 I've read over 170,000 articles; some people in the reddit threads are double that, and it's not just a few either. drat.. Since September 23, 2009 you have read a total of 300,000+ items Granted, I 'read' articles even when I just read the title and skip through.
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Mar 15, 2013 19:43
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? No, not in the least. Though if you're trying to parse that against the online response you need to think of demographics. Google Reader/RSS is most useful to journalists/scientists/programmers/enthusiasts etc who consume many content streams from a wide range of sources. Guess which groups have the loudest voice on the internet/are heavily represented in forums and social media?
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Mar 15, 2013 20:15
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deong posted:drat.. Where do you find this information?
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Mar 15, 2013 20:24
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hooah posted:Where do you find this information? Click "Trends" on the left when you look at Reader in a browser.
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Mar 15, 2013 20:25
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Install Gentoo posted:Are Reader and RSS actually popular in the first place with most people online? I'm sure someone at Google thought themselves justified in answering that question and, well, here we are.
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Mar 15, 2013 20:52
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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AnimalChin posted:They do. And they're awesome. Oh nice! If only they made this for individual threads, I would be set--ideally, I'd want a way to access my bookmarks page from an RSS reader, but whatever I can deal.
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Mar 15, 2013 23:25
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Pocket Casts got a decent update. When will they add support for password-protected podcasts 
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Mar 15, 2013 23:53
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It's only whilst reading this fallout I realise RSS feeds are what I've been missing in my life for years.
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Mar 15, 2013 23:57
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Click "Trends" on the left when you look at Reader in a browser. Where? 
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Mar 16, 2013 01:54
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hooah posted:Where? Drop down the All Items menu...
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Mar 16, 2013 02:17
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What's the best way to schedule Titanium Backup to Dropbox? It attempts to sync 500mb on every schedule right now and was hoping for a shorter upload config.
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Mar 16, 2013 03:17
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I use RSS to receive webcomic updates. It's very convenient.
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Mar 16, 2013 11:23
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Not to interrupt RSSchat, but can anyone recommend a free video player with A-B looping and speed controls?
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Mar 16, 2013 14:41
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VLC will do it - do View > Advanced Controls to get the looper button and the + and - keys will adjust yr speeds
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Mar 16, 2013 14:52
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baka kaba posted:VLC will do it - do View > Advanced Controls to get the looper button and the + and - keys will adjust yr speeds
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Mar 16, 2013 15:05
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So I was late to work today thanks to somehow disabling my alarm instead of snoozing. Can someone recommend me a good alarm app that makes you do some sort of hoop jumping so I'll actually have to wake up to shut it up?
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Mar 16, 2013 16:34
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spixxor posted:So I was late to work today thanks to somehow disabling my alarm instead of snoozing. Can someone recommend me a good alarm app that makes you do some sort of hoop jumping so I'll actually have to wake up to shut it up? Gentle Alarm.
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Mar 16, 2013 16:37
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spixxor posted:So I was late to work today thanks to somehow disabling my alarm instead of snoozing. Can someone recommend me a good alarm app that makes you do some sort of hoop jumping so I'll actually have to wake up to shut it up?
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Mar 16, 2013 16:59
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spixxor posted:So I was late to work today thanks to somehow disabling my alarm instead of snoozing. Can someone recommend me a good alarm app that makes you do some sort of hoop jumping so I'll actually have to wake up to shut it up? I recently switched from Gentle Alarm to Sleep as Android and am much happier with the hoops I have to go through. Multiple levels of math problems, spot the difference tests, shake the phone really fast for a set period of time, plus a few others. Not to mention stone of the other functions, but it's more of a sleep suite than simply alarm clock.
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Mar 16, 2013 18:03
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TetsuoTW posted:Thanks. Got the speed control handled, but I can't find a View menu or option or anything.... You don't have File Playback Audio Video Tools View Help at the top?
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Mar 16, 2013 18:25
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baka kaba posted:You don't have File Playback Audio Video Tools View Help at the top?
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Mar 16, 2013 19:28
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LastInLine posted:Are you talking about VLC for Android? loving hell I thought was the Windows thread  Let's see if I can make good... e- hmm nope, looks like it's on the to-do list for VLC but I can't find anything that does A-B looping and speed control. Sorry for the false hopes! baka kaba fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Mar 16, 2013 |
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Mar 16, 2013 19:46
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I have two questions: 1)is Zedge a sketchy app? It seems sketchy. I'm just basing this on the fact that websites like it are usually sketchy. 2) is there a good radio app? I downloaded tunein but the one station I tried to listen to didn't work. It said it wasn't available and then went to a "similar" station. I used ooTunes on iPhone and it did what I needed
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Mar 17, 2013 18:27
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myron cope posted:I have two questions: 1)is Zedge a sketchy app? It seems sketchy. I'm just basing this on the fact that websites like it are usually sketchy. Zedge seemed fine when I used it. As far as I can tell there's no malware bundled with it or anything and you could just uninstall it and keep using the stuff you downloaded. But then again, everything on zedge could be found on other places as well.
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Mar 17, 2013 18:32
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Geektox posted:Zedge seemed fine when I used it. As far as I can tell there's no malware bundled with it or anything and you could just uninstall it and keep using the stuff you downloaded. But then again, everything on zedge could be found on other places as well. Do you have a recommended alternative?
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Mar 17, 2013 18:53
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myron cope posted:2) is there a good radio app? I downloaded tunein but the one station I tried to listen to didn't work. It said it wasn't available and then went to a "similar" station. I used ooTunes on iPhone and it did what I needed
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Mar 17, 2013 19:18
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Guilty posted:Do you have a recommended alternative? If it's just wallpapers you're interested in, Wallbase is pretty great. I personally have never had any issues with the Zedge app though.
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Mar 17, 2013 19:23
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:Is there a cheaper and less ugly alternative to Touchdown if I want a mail app that will handle Exchange security settings within the app? My IT department advocated Touchdown to us if we don't want to give them remote wipe/administrator access to our phones, but Touchdown is crazy expensive and looks like hot garbage. TouchDown looks like a Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone...) app. It really is horrible. But it's functional. I watched the Samsung S4 event, and it looks like they're planning on including some functionality like what TouchDown offers with that phone, so I'm interested to see how that pans out. They didn't really give much detail, and I haven't gone out of my way to look for info, but it looked promising. If true, that could be a pretty big selling point for me (not that I wasn't already sold on the S4...)
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Mar 17, 2013 19:39
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Geektox posted:Zedge seemed fine when I used it. As far as I can tell there's no malware bundled with it or anything and you could just uninstall it and keep using the stuff you downloaded. But then again, everything on zedge could be found on other places as well. The Merkinman posted:For radio stations, you can try iHeartRadio, there are also other options like Pandora, Spotify and Rdio if you want music but not a particular 'station'.
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Mar 18, 2013 00:43
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