Does it really need to override my font size? 13px is too small for my display. Of course removing the override breaks it because it has a max-width set in px. But why does it have a max-width? It is important not to have long lines of text but there are no long lines on this page, each box has it's own size. So by removing font-size and max-width rules this is far more readable for me. And while I'm at it don't forc…
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#12Where do you get your data from? I've found sports data (especially odds/lines) to be overly expensive when trying to build hobby apps.
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#13EDIT: After inspecting the HTML, I think Plain Text Sports is a bit of a misnomer. With that name, I might have expected a lot of
tags in the markup, but there are no none to be found. Instead, CSS is used for the layout, even line breaks. So, Hypertext Sports?
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#15Only constructive feedback would be if it can better fill a normal 16:9 desktop monitor - it looks optimized for mobile, which is great - but it's too small and narrow for keeping open on the PC
If you like MLB - this reminds me of Playball which runs in the terminal.
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#17This is great! I wonder what needs to happen in order to get `curl plaintextsports.com` to Just Work, similar to `curl wttr.in`. EDIT: After inspecting the HTML, I think Plain Text Sports is a bit of a misnomer. With that name, I might have expected a lot of tags in the markup, but there are no none to be found. Instead, CSS is used for the layout, even line breaks. So, Hypertext Sports?
tag. Instead, the HTML is empty.Looks like a single page app.
$ curl plaintextsports.com
100 183 100 183 0 0 1060 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1063 301 Moved Permanently 301 Moved Permanently CloudFront% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
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#18This is great! I wonder what needs to happen in order to get `curl plaintextsports.com` to Just Work, similar to `curl wttr.in`. EDIT: After inspecting the HTML, I think Plain Text Sports is a bit of a misnomer. With that name, I might have expected a lot of tags in the markup, but there are no none to be found. Instead, CSS is used for the layout, even line breaks. So, Hypertext Sports?
Yeah, I thought we'd see the results inside of a tag. Instead, the HTML is empty. Looks like a single page app. $ curl plaintextsports.com % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 183 100 183 0 0 1060 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1063 301 Moved Permanently 301 Moved Permanently CloudFront
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#20Sadly, it's https. So a lot of older computers that still live and breathe off of sites like this (see: 68k.news) can't access it due to the bizarre (or Google pressured) security certificate ... for a sports scores site.