nhl-led-scoreboard VS Pi-hole

The NHL has an API also for example. So an example of how you could use that is this project https://github.com/riffnshred/nhl-led-scoreboard. I have this scoreboard running in my living room. The computer powering the scoreboard is constantly asking the NHL API "hey what's the score of the wings game" and "who scored" and a bunch of other things. The NHL API returns that data to my computer and then my computer renders that information in a scoreboard.

I used the NHL Scoreboard Library with an adafruit RGB shield connect to the GPIO pins. The NHL library uses the API directly from the NHL app so the scores are basically updated instantly. Everything was built on an existing MLB library designed to do the same thing. The library supports the 32x64 matrix out of the box so there’s nothing fancy I had to do there.

So I actually have one of these: https://github.com/riffnshred/nhl-led-scoreboard, and I just added my own script for when a goal is scored.

Thanks! I made the scoreboard myself, using this.

I bought the supplies and built it using the guide here https://github.com/riffnshred/nhl-led-scoreboard

Live scoreboard showing NHL scores.

For those interested in MLB or NHL versions of something similar, it's not too difficult with a bit of Linux knowledge. I used the hardware the MLB version suggested and loaded both MLB and NHL software on my Pi to switch between the two. There are apparently Premier League, NBA and NFL versions as well though I've not yet tried either (I'll be trying NFL and Premier League in a few months though).

see also NHL https://github.com/riffnshred/nhl-led-scoreboard

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.