Re: [PLUG] Slashdot's RSS feed?

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 7/21/22 13:48, JP Vossen wrote:
> Is anyone else still using RSS and having problems with:
> * http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
> * and/or http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMainatom
> * See https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
>
> They seem to have frozen a few weeks ago.  The feeds have been unstable before, but usually not for this long.  I can't see how it could be just me, but I figured I'd ask.  My update interval is 2 hours, so in theory I shouldn't be banned.  Various googling for news or issues with "Slashdot RSS" is worse than useless.
>
> This looks bad:
> ```
> $ curl -s http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMainatom | grep '^<updated>' | head -n1
> <updated>2022-06-21T00:29:13+00:00</updated>
>
> $ curl -s http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain | grep '^<dc:date>' | head -n1
> <dc:date>2022-06-21T02:48:13+00:00</dc:date>
> ```

Seems like it started up again some time Friday afternoon.  *I* never got around to reporting anything...

Later,
JP
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