this is is better than twitter a.s.o.

alive and well

I'm using tin
DON'T USE goggle groups - it's just a web interface
usenet has nothing to do with google

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From: Paul Edwards mutazilah@gmail.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: pure C90 newsreader
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:14:28 -0000 (UTC)

The google groups ban finally caused me to prioritize my newsreader software.

Here is the pure C90 code used to post this message:

https://sourceforge.net/p/pdos/gitcode/ci/master/tree/src/pdpnntp.c

(and I can also read using that, but it's another level of pain).

So I'm still using google groups to read.

Replies are going to be difficult I guess.

I run this program under PDOS/386. With qemu
giving me a traditional serial port, and PDOS/386
giving the application a bog-standard C90 stream
to that serial port.

BFN. Paul.

#usenet #newsreader #newsgroups #c #c90 #tin #pdos

That's not a software review. THIS is a software review

Zed Shaw's RSS newsreader review is epic

I Want The Mutt Of Feed Readers

I tell some friends that I can’t stand feed readers these days. That what I want is Mutt in RSS clothes. Why can’t I have a feed reader like Mutt? Mutt is awesome with its key bindings. I can tear through email fast as fuck. It’s not my main email client because it doesn’t support folders, but I love using it to glance at my email real quick. Mutt is the shit, and that’s what I fucking want for reading YC or Obie (who really has the prettiest blog once you remove his photos).

Yes, I want “The Mutt of Feed Readers” so I don’t have to look at Obie’s fat ass hold his laptop. He’s my friend, but I swear brother man is wearing lipstick. It’s disturbing.

A long list of failed candidates. And then ... newsbeuter.

Rude, crude, brutally honest, and totally useful.

#software #review #rss #newsreader #newsbeuter #mutt