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Web filter. I love F1 and there is a race today, so I can't look at 99% of the internet as they will show the result. I will watch the race later when the kids

Web filter. I love F1 and there is a race today, so I can't look at 99% of the internet as they will show the result. I will watch the race later when the kids have gone to bed. This problem is so big that i have to avoid facebook becaue they also show trending news. So a filter that filters F1 or any selectable sports news. Then when i turn it off after watching the race the filter shows me a list of what news it found and filtered for me. Added extra, while i'm watching the race it could show me tweets in real time, but back shifted so as to make sense with the race. My football loving buddie also agrees he'd pay for this filter.

Theodores 13y ago
Can you do this with a simple squid reverse proxy into which you simply add in the names of the 22 drivers, then set a cron job so that the reverse proxy only runs with the f1 deny list on race weekends? Sure the results won't affect the radio/tv but it just might work for f1.
covercash 13y ago
I don't have HBO, so filtering all Game of Thrones references every Sunday and Monday would be fantastic. Not sure I'd pay for that service since it's probably easier to just pay for HBO and watch it "live" like everyone else.
- kayge 13y ago
  I thought the same thing, but unfortunately a lot of spoilers come in the form of images. Or maybe fortunately, since it adds an interesting layer of complexity to this idea.
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    - notfoss 13y ago
      Sometimes, I wonder if there really are cats and dogs messing around with computers...
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dotBen 13y ago
I have exactly the same dilemma (but because I download the coverage from back home in the UK rather than suffer the terrible American coverage). I thought about building a proxy but simple name-blocking is too broad given names like "Button", and some headlines don't contain other easily matched patterns like "grand prix". EG "Button wins thrilling battle" or "Williams duo take epic one-two"
- Varcht 13y ago
  Is our coverage really that bad? Afaik we all watch the same feed so I guess it's down to commentary? I like Hobbs, cool old racer. Will Buxton on the other hand...
mobiplayer 13y ago
That sounds like the job for a GreaseMonkey script :)
jarofgreen 13y ago
> Added extra, while i'm watching the race it could show me tweets in real time, but back shifted so as to make sense with the race. I wrote that years ago, and I read last year that a kid had won a hackathon with this. I think some of the TV apps do this? I never updated the code for the new Twitter API, could fish it out but it wasn't that hard to write really.
manish_gill 13y ago
I suppose a Chrome/firefox plugin can take care of the text. Just hide any text that might seem relevant to the filter. But yeah, as someone said, the problem will be in pictures. Also, it won't work 100%, as often, there is no direct spoiler but things that allude to something which you can then infer or guess. So how to apply the filter against those types of messages? Interesting nonetheless. :)
Varcht 13y ago
I feel your pain. I try to watch the race live when I can but waking up at 3 AM is not going to happen even then I fell asleep with 5 to go last night. Might be a way for governments to monetize their net nanny infrastructure, provide "FAAS" an IIB (Ignorance is Bliss) Filter as a Service. In your specific case it might work well to declare Sunday a tech free day during F1 season, no spoilers and more time for the kids.
nfriedly 13y ago
I'm working on this right now - see http://myproxy.bloko.me:1337/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnhl%2F&filters=Philadelphia+Flyers%2CTampa+Bay+Lightning http://myproxy.bloko.me:1337/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.... for a quick demo. It's kind of janky at the moment, but it's improving fast.
- nfriedly 13y ago
  BTW, I just switched things over to port 80, so that link is now http://myproxy.bloko.me/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnhl%2F&filters=Philadelphia+Flyers%2CTampa+Bay+Lightning http://myproxy.bloko.me/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2...

Theodores 13y ago

Can you do this with a simple squid reverse proxy into which you simply add in the names of the 22 drivers, then set a cron job so that the reverse proxy only runs with the f1 deny list on race weekends? Sure the results won't affect the radio/tv but it just might work for f1.

covercash 13y ago

I don't have HBO, so filtering all Game of Thrones references every Sunday and Monday would be fantastic. Not sure I'd pay for that service since it's probably easier to just pay for HBO and watch it "live" like everyone else.

kayge 13y ago
I thought the same thing, but unfortunately a lot of spoilers come in the form of images. Or maybe fortunately, since it adds an interesting layer of complexity to this idea.
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  - notfoss 13y ago
    Sometimes, I wonder if there really are cats and dogs messing around with computers...
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dotBen 13y ago

I have exactly the same dilemma (but because I download the coverage from back home in the UK rather than suffer the terrible American coverage). I thought about building a proxy but simple name-blocking is too broad given names like "Button", and some headlines don't contain other easily matched patterns like "grand prix". EG "Button wins thrilling battle" or "Williams duo take epic one-two"

Varcht 13y ago
Is our coverage really that bad? Afaik we all watch the same feed so I guess it's down to commentary? I like Hobbs, cool old racer. Will Buxton on the other hand...

mobiplayer 13y ago

That sounds like the job for a GreaseMonkey script :)

jarofgreen 13y ago

> Added extra, while i'm watching the race it could show me tweets in real time, but back shifted so as to make sense with the race. I wrote that years ago, and I read last year that a kid had won a hackathon with this. I think some of the TV apps do this? I never updated the code for the new Twitter API, could fish it out but it wasn't that hard to write really.

manish_gill 13y ago

I suppose a Chrome/firefox plugin can take care of the text. Just hide any text that might seem relevant to the filter. But yeah, as someone said, the problem will be in pictures. Also, it won't work 100%, as often, there is no direct spoiler but things that allude to something which you can then infer or guess. So how to apply the filter against those types of messages? Interesting nonetheless. :)

Varcht 13y ago

I feel your pain. I try to watch the race live when I can but waking up at 3 AM is not going to happen even then I fell asleep with 5 to go last night. Might be a way for governments to monetize their net nanny infrastructure, provide "FAAS" an IIB (Ignorance is Bliss) Filter as a Service. In your specific case it might work well to declare Sunday a tech free day during F1 season, no spoilers and more time for the kids.

nfriedly 13y ago

I'm working on this right now - see http://myproxy.bloko.me:1337/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnhl%2F&filters=Philadelphia+Flyers%2CTampa+Bay+Lightning http://myproxy.bloko.me:1337/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.... for a quick demo. It's kind of janky at the moment, but it's improving fast.

nfriedly 13y ago
BTW, I just switched things over to port 80, so that link is now http://myproxy.bloko.me/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnhl%2F&filters=Philadelphia+Flyers%2CTampa+Bay+Lightning http://myproxy.bloko.me/#url=http%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2...