{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Bit Shift (bitshift)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Apr-12 01:14:15 UTC","author_name":"Bit Shift (bitshift)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/bitshift","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1227797","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2959\" class=\"url\" title=\"The Pony Formerly Known As Ponydude\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">widget<\/span><\/a><\/span> I prefer .tar.xz for my own transfers across machines, and .tar.bz2 for stuff going outside of my control. There might be a few systems still not capable of understanding .bz2, but it's low enough in my experience that I'm willing to take that risk in return for the somewhat better compression."}