Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch • Hacker News Board

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#21

Post by dhosek » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 2:46 AM UTC

the_arun wrote: post #8

This is really cool. Great gift for grand parents who struggle to use Smart watch.

Hey, my 81-year-old mother actually absolutely loves her Apple Watch (although I had to show her the setting so she could have the crown on the opposite side because she wears it on her right wrist).

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#22

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 2:50 AM UTC

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

[deleted]

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#23

Post by numpad0 » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 2:52 AM UTC

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

This is an abuse. And it’s one of obligations of web browsers to protect users from abuse.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#24

Post by screye » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 2:52 AM UTC

Cool, but ugly. I won't wear it, but I'm glad it exists.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#25

Post by reaperman » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 2:59 AM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #12

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

I seem to recall that hijacking the back button goes back to the 1990's. I suspect some of the ways in which it was done (like with naive redirects) probably don't work today, but the annoying effect has been there for eons.

I remember browsers stopped it for awhile. Maybe I’m misremembering?

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#26

Post by pinko » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 3:04 AM UTC

prxtl wrote: post #15

A few years ago, H. Moser & Cie made a mechanical watch with their superb levels of craftsmanship that kinda/sorta parodied the Apple Watch: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/moser-swiss-alp-watch-s-in...

This is mentioned in the OP's link.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#27

Post by ge96 » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 3:16 AM UTC

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

The other thing I've seen is they scroll you to the bottom where those weird article embeds are.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#28

Post by alexjplant » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

This is incredible... hats off to the maker. That being said I really wish that the Chinese ETA 2824-2 clone that is the PT5000 would see more action in place of Seiko movements. It's more accurate, runs at 4Hz, and isn't too far off in terms of cost (last I checked - I could be wrong as regards bulk orders). Then again I don't know whether it can be modded to be "open heart" a la the NH38 so it might not have been appropriate for this project in particular.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#29

Post by alwayslikethis » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 3:32 AM UTC

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

That's why I just middle click to open everything on a new tab nowadays. Back button still works 90% of the times, but when it's hijacked it's incredibly annoying, and I have plenty of monitor width for the tabs.

Re: Mechanical Apple Watch from real e-waste Apple Watch

#30

Post by codazoda » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 3:36 AM UTC

shazar wrote: post #7

Unrelated to the article, but hijacking the history and making it impossible to navigate back is the new cancer in the internet I guess.

I'm surprised to see this from Instructables (Autodesk). If you right-click the back button you'll see that it did four redirects and you can click the 5th to get back.

I highly doubt this is effective at anything.