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Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by benou » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:23 PM UTC

gwbas1c wrote: post #14

Central mass goat rental: https://centralmagoatrental.com/ https://www.facebook.com/centralmassgoatrental/

I could not find any RSS feed on their website though

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by benou » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:26 PM UTC

pluijzer wrote: post #22

taylodl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is an excellent point and captures the problem well. You're going to learn more from someone who's a couple steps ahead of you than from a GOAT. That's why local meetups can be so valuable.

Okay I am super curious now. What is a GOAT?

According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat

> The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the tribe Caprini, meaning it is closely related to the sheep.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by gwbas1c » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:27 PM UTC

benou wrote: post #31

gwbas1c wrote: post #14

Central mass goat rental: https://centralmagoatrental.com/ https://www.facebook.com/centralmassgoatrental/

I could not find any RSS feed on their website though

Does the Facebook page have rss?

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by haskell_melody » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:30 PM UTC

The best way I've found of discovering new blogs is Thinking About Things (https://www.thinking-about-things.com). I was introduced to it recently and it's introduced me to great new blogs. I like it because it sends one article per email, so it's a slow drop that lets me evaluate each independently, instead of being one giant overwhelming list.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by gruturo » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:38 PM UTC

xpil wrote: post #29

pluijzer wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a huge list. In what way do you consume this? I would feel overwhelmed following this many blogs. How much value would you say you get from following this many blogs?

I agree - the list is truly impressive. I ran a quick spot-check and it looks like most of these blogs are of medium to low activity. Having 1000 blogs in your RSS reader with an average of 1 article per month per blog results in reading 3 articles per day on average - not bad.

That's exactly the point of RSS. Not an alternative channel to read the same one site you anyway refresh 40 times a day, but to keep track of the 200 sites which may only update sporadically

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by bhrgunatha » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:42 PM UTC

ftk_ wrote: post #26

Little known but you can "subscribe" to YouTube channels without Google account by using RSS https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${channe...

In fact there are 3 RSS feed types

User : " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=

Channel : " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=

Playlist : " rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by karaterobot » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:43 PM UTC

This question has been asked before (if you search for `Ask HN blogs` you get a list of previous threads). This is not meant as a criticism, just sharing a bunch more resources for you.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by mdp2021 » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC

gwbas1c wrote: post #10

cpach wrote: post #4

GOAT = Greatest of all time?

Honestly, I looked at this discussion just to know what "GOAT blogs" are. General rule of thumb with communication: Try to avoid acronyms, because chances are most people will have no idea what you're talking about. If you do need to use them, make sure you very quickly define what the acronym is. FWIW: Even the Google doesn't know what GOAT blogs are. Searching for GOAT blogs brings up blogs about goats: https://www…

> General rule of thumb with communication

So this friend of mine is currently reading a history book in French. Full of acronyms, not recognizable in the current international use. SMI, DTS, OPEP, OTAN, OCDE... (Those should have been spared from localization. If born in English, so they should be preserved; in French, the rest should adapt to that - at least in the acronym.)

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by mdp2021 » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:47 PM UTC

For AI, try The Gradient - https://thegradient.pub/rss/

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by bhrgunatha » Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

pluijzer wrote: post #24

nikivi wrote: post #6

I do here: https://wiki.nikiv.dev/research/blogs#favorite-blogs As RSS here: https://gist.github.com/nikitavoloboev/63b5d2418122fcd6949d8...

That is a huge list. In what way do you consume this? I would feel overwhelmed following this many blogs. How much value would you say you get from following this many blogs?

I think of it as a hybrid summary/index of posts from people/blogs I'm interested in.

If there's a post that piques my interest, I'll read the full post - or visit the web page.