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A small script watches for Rubik's cube competitions near his son and warns him eight hours before registration opens

His son is into Rubik’s cube competitions. Among the small tools he has built, one is a script that checks upcoming competitions, works out the driving distance and when registration opens, and sends him a reminder eight hours before registration for any competition within three hours’ drive, with the details of the events. He does not say yet whether it has caught one.

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How it works

  1. Write a script that checks upcoming competitions
  2. Filter to within three hours’ drive
  3. Watch registration opening times
  4. Send a reminder eight hours before, with event details

Why it’s worth knowing

The filter is a family rule, three hours in the car, turned into software that watches a niche competition calendar.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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