[HN Gopher] Show HN: EBNF Specification of the BBC Shipping Fore... ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: EBNF Specification of the BBC Shipping Forecast Author : jamespwilliams Score : 42 points Date : 2022-02-06 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | anitil wrote: | What a brilliant idea! I had heard that people find listening to | the shipping forecast very relaxing, but I didn't realise they | had such a strict format | fshee wrote: | Huh, great idea. Might (attempt to) do one of these for metars. | blipvert wrote: | Clip up some samples, Markov chain generator; endless fantasy SF | for the insomniac ... | unfocussed_mike wrote: | In the meantime, here's five hours of it: | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxHa5KaMBcM | unfocussed_mike wrote: | This is the cutest thing I have seen in weeks. | | For those outside the UK who are unfamiliar, the shipping | forecast is the most British thing possible. A concise forecast | that reads as pure poetry, and before it, _Sailing By_ : | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFdas-kMF74 | satellite2 wrote: | Hour can only go from 0 to 19. Is this on purpose? | jamespwilliams wrote: | Whoops! Thanks, I've fixed it. | jarvist wrote: | You're also missing 'soon' and 'imminent' (along with 'later' | have a very specific and important meaning). | | And no 'sea states'? Currently there's 'Very rough or high, | occasionally very high later in northwest Rockall.' | | Nice stuff! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-02-06 23:00 UTC)