Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot • Hacker News Board

Off topic comment on my part here but, I’ve never noticed before that GitHub down-cases the display text of the project link at the top. I noticed it now because it’s a YouTube video also linked in the readme, and YouTube video links (and many, perhaps even most, other links) are case sensitive.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwXZXGiP1w

In the top on mobile GitHub renders the text for the link instead as

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwxzxgip1w

What an utterly weird design choice on the part of GitHub :S

Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:16 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #4

Off topic comment on my part here but, I’ve never noticed before that GitHub down-cases the display text of the project link at the top. I noticed it now because it’s a YouTube video also linked in the readme, and YouTube video links (and many, perhaps even most, other links) are case sensitive. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwXZXGiP1w In the top on mobile GitHub renders the text for the link instead as www.…

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Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by mithras » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:18 PM UTC

ano-ther wrote: post #2

Impressive! Are there always three players in the goalie position? I seem to remember playing with one goalie (1-2-5-3 players), but that’s a while ago.

I've never seen a table with 3 players in the goalie position in my life.

Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by tectec » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

ano-ther wrote: post #2

Impressive! Are there always three players in the goalie position? I seem to remember playing with one goalie (1-2-5-3 players), but that’s a while ago.

The tables I've seen with one goalie have raised corners so that the ball doesn't get stuck there. You see it more on budget tables in my experience.

Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by mgaunard » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:30 PM UTC

Sure, but can it play with French rules?

You'd need quite the robotic arm for repêche.

Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by Brian_K_White » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:33 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #4

Off topic comment on my part here but, I’ve never noticed before that GitHub down-cases the display text of the project link at the top. I noticed it now because it’s a YouTube video also linked in the readme, and YouTube video links (and many, perhaps even most, other links) are case sensitive. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwXZXGiP1w In the top on mobile GitHub renders the text for the link instead as www.…

No such problem in a browser. Perhaps the weird choice is creating, or using, an app for a web site in the first place.

Re: Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot

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Post by yarekt » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 4:34 PM UTC

That’s pretty cool, but I think you’re going to have to build out the other side too to fully remove the human from the equation