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A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

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Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

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I'm wondering about the kind of data you provide and what it's applications would be. Just to be sure, would this API somehow let me know if a new episode of say.. Mad Men comes out ?

Or is it only for me to query info regarding a specific episode ? What kind of data are you going to provide ? Some examples would really help!

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

#22
post #11

I'm working on an API that doesn't suck that will represent TV, Movies, Podcasts, WebTV, and other forms of media. A stack-overflow inspired reputation system will reward community members to contribute translations, new shows, movies and corrections. Background workers interface with EPGs, other APIs and streams of data from other sources. An image proxy server means openmedia.io will do the heavy lifting delivering…

are you thinking about other forms of media, maybe something like comic books? there's actually a pretty large need for a comic api and there's only one right now (comicvine) that has been neglected for 2 years.

I'd second this, there's distinct datasources for it (IIRC Diamond publish release dates for all titles they ship, which is practically everything in North America and England), but there's no way to consolidate it. Could create some cool tools with it as well.

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

#23

> supported on every platform known to man. How about some non-sexist boilerplate?

Dear Hacker News: this persistent blind spot about the many casual, unconscious and dismissive ways the tech community excludes women - and get nerd-rage defensive about it when confronted - is a big part of why there are not more women in tech.

I'm generally in favour of calling out sexist bullshit in tech, but in this case you're talking about a very specific phrase that's been in semi-popular usage since the 1800s.

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

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> supported on every platform known to man. How about some non-sexist boilerplate?

Dear Hacker News: this persistent blind spot about the many casual, unconscious and dismissive ways the tech community excludes women - and get nerd-rage defensive about it when confronted - is a big part of why there are not more women in tech.

The habit of grepping all content for keywords without understanding context or definition inhibits rational discourse. Getting third-party apologist about it when confronted is a dead stop appeal to authority.

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

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post #21

I'm wondering about the kind of data you provide and what it's applications would be. Just to be sure, would this API somehow let me know if a new episode of say.. Mad Men comes out ? Or is it only for me to query info regarding a specific episode ? What kind of data are you going to provide ? Some examples would really help!

One would be able to look up a complete representation of the current known state of Mad Men, all known airing dates in all countries, places where it might be available to (legally.) steam in your jurisdiction, etc, etc.

These are all the features of a normal API. As well as access to the above, you could (selectively) register for updates to be pushed to a URL of your choosing when there are additions or amendments to the data held about the show. (or all shows, or all shows matching your criteria, etc)

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

#27
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure how the quote is sexist..man in this context = mankind, and No, I don't regard that as sexist.

Maybe you could ask a woman what she thinks about a mass noun for humanity that excludes half of the humans.

You know..I just did, and she does not give a shit. She cares a heck of a lot more that her male colleagues earn more than she does.And that being of child bearing age somehow counts as a strike against her at her job. Maybe YOU should try talking to an actual woman and asking her what she cares about.

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

#29
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure how the quote is sexist..man in this context = mankind, and No, I don't regard that as sexist.

Maybe you could ask a woman what she thinks about a mass noun for humanity that excludes half of the humans.

To quote my significant other: "who the f* actually cares about this!?"

Of course you will find women who support your point - as you will find people who support $something, no matter what it is.

The fine line between caring and taking care of a problem and moving every topic off topic, justifying it with something small, unimportant, knowingly wrong interpreted and ripped out of context is the key to change something without creating a mass of people who are just sick of a topic because of the mentioned behavior.

Re: A fast, modern API for TV, Movies, Podcasts and more

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post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dear Hacker News: this persistent blind spot about the many casual, unconscious and dismissive ways the tech community excludes women - and get nerd-rage defensive about it when confronted - is a big part of why there are not more women in tech.

The habit of grepping all content for keywords without understanding context or definition inhibits rational discourse. Getting third-party apologist about it when confronted is a dead stop appeal to authority.

I understand the context and definition. It's still sexist. It's unnecessary and would be extremely easy to replace with a non-sexist term that is equivalent in both meaning and elegance. The extreme resistance even to acknowledge that there's something wrong with using "man" to mean "humans" is very telling.
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