Show HN: Countdown – Twitter bot which tweets answers to the Countdown TV show
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#2Wow, that's really neat!
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#3Wow, that's really neat!
Yeah! it has a great description in the Readme too.
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#4That's rather neat! Although I'd suggest separating the roles into "countdown clues" and "countdown answers" bots. The former announcing the questions live on twitter, and the best answer being provided by Countdown answers when the timer ends. Turns Countdown into an interactive twitter game ;)
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#5Genius!
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#6Awesome! I originally wrote the anagramica API so I could cheat at home while watching countdown, and then built a game on top of it. Always great to see a fellow hacker get inspired. The OCR is a fantastic addition.
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#7Wow nice! Didn't realise this had been posted to HN, if you have any questions about how it works (although I have made a pretty descriptive readme.md) then just ask!
It was alot of fun making it!
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#8Hilarious and brilliant!
Now to only add the vowel/consonant choosing for optimal letter sets and solving the number puzzles.
I've been trying to come up with a comparison about it being a poor man's Watson, but failed.
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#9Man, the project is a LOT cooler than I thought it was going to be. Nice change of pace to see some c#, too
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#10Wow nice! Didn't realise this had been posted to HN, if you have any questions about how it works (although I have made a pretty descriptive readme.md) then just ask! It was alot of fun making it!
When you mention that it responds at speed, what's kind of time is there between the word being shown and the answer?
Very impressive stuff :). Thanks for the detailed documentation too.