This is awesome even though I am not interested in the NBA that much. It has cool tools. And looks very light.
NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal
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#42I think I'm different in my preferences from most people, but I don't want to know the score for anything I haven't watched yet. I realize I'm in the minority, judging from the amount of effort it has taken to convince my phone to stop popping up notifications ruining every Seahawks game for me from a dozen different sources, and from browsing the Formula 1 website with my eyes closed in the hope of scrolling down to…
Back in the day, early 80s, I remember my father not wanting to know the rugby league scores. Generally, the match of the day was played at 15:00 on a Saturday afternoon. However, it was also replayed early evening, around 19:00 or 19:30 I think. My father would avoid the radio all afternoon and the evening 18:00 news (we only had two radio stations and two TV channels). Woe betide any child who let slip the score be…
I was in a remote corner of Kenya for the Superbowl this year, staying with some friends who have a place there. They're English, and the least likely people you could imagine to follow sports, so I figured I was safe.
But sure enough, I'm sipping my coffee on Monday morning and in walks Ellie saying "are you surprised that [REDACTED] won the Superbowl?"
First off, how could you possibly know that the Superbowl was even a thing, let alone find out about it here in BFE Africa, or decide to tell me about it.
And, of course, back in civilization with NFL Gamepass a few weeks later, I spent the entire game thinking. Ah... She was just messing with me...
Definitely messing with me...
unless...
Faaaaaaak!
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#43This looks sweet, but does anyone actually use terminal tools like this?
I do, actually. I simply don't have time to watch all the games I'd like, which is fine, but if I'm going to be on the computer anyway a scrolling terminal play-by-play is ideal: it's minimal and easy to read, it doesn't slow down the computer with some ad-ridden live-updating website, and it's subtle in case I need to hide it. Same reason I use pianobar over the website or phone (plus no ads). Moreover, the only thi…
Sorry for you man. It’s tough being a knicks fan.
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#44Love the NBA and am a cord cutter... this is so slick and well done. Really cool project. Going to try it out for sure.
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#45First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely).
Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely those who are very interested in both sports and STEM-like disciplines. So I wonder: what makes one become attracted to sports or conversely what has caused certain groups of people to be apathetic? Why is most of the geek population uninterested? And lastly, what causes certain people to seemingly be an exception with equally strong interest in both areas?
I assume my life experience is congruent with the hacker news community, but I'm also keen to know if my observations don't mirror others!
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#46I think I'm different in my preferences from most people, but I don't want to know the score for anything I haven't watched yet. I realize I'm in the minority, judging from the amount of effort it has taken to convince my phone to stop popping up notifications ruining every Seahawks game for me from a dozen different sources, and from browsing the Formula 1 website with my eyes closed in the hope of scrolling down to…
I think I'm different in my preferences from most people, but I don't want to know the score for anything I haven't watched yet.
Are you serious? No one wants to know the score. It ruins the whole point of watching a sporting event.
I have Sling TV to watch my NBA team games this year. About 1/2 the time I hit "watch" (with the "dvr" option) while the game is still going it jumps live, rather than ask me if I want to start from the beginning. So, I have to hit "watch" then back, then watch again, where it asks me. Seriously, WTF Sling?
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#47On the opposite end of the spectrum (JS heavy website) I've built http://eaganr.com/nba which visualizes NBA play by play data. Decent alternative to NBA.com since that site is no longer usable.
Very slick - I'm a bit jealous. I've tried making a few NBA visualization apps that never got this far. FYI, getting 501 errors when trying to view videos.
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#48Respect!!! This is dope and creative. Thanks for making this.
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#49First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely). Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely tho…
Personally I grew up playing sports and competing, and I still enjoy watching people compete. I'm not a super fan of anything in particular, but I do enjoy the entertainment value of watching "the best" compete.
Then again I don't really identify as a geek. I just like technology and building stuff and software was a natural fit for me.
Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal
#50First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely). Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely tho…
One of the heaviest influences is how much/long a person played sports growing up. Most STEM people didn't play sports, or at least not very long growing up. A lot of people who grew up playing sports don't end up in STEM areas. Then there are some people who grew up playing sports and did end up in STEM (like myself).
This is obviously at a general level, it doesn't apply exactly to every individual but overall it's pretty accurate from my experience.