Required site visit which also explains this feature: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/
Really great visuals. Thanks for sharing!
There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
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Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#92I know most people here don't care for it, but for those who like it, I produced this chart of the conversation: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg Added in edit: Click on a node to open the original post.
That's a way better comment tracking system than Twitter's garbage thread implementation which Mastodon have cloned.
I used to do exactly the same thing for Twitter threads, some of which got very much out-of-hand, with hundreds of tweets. But using the chart on a sensible size monitor it was easy to pan around, find corners, follow sub-discussions, and so on.
This chart is clickable ... click on a node to open the original post.
I'm pleased you like it.
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
For this thread I produced this: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg
So you are our personal threadreader? How can we reach you when we want a thread "Chartodon"ed? :)
It's a 'bot wot I wrot: https://mathstodon.xyz/@Chartodon
You reply to a post with:
Calling @Chartodon@mathstodon.xyz [param] ...
The parameter is optional, but you have:
* LR
* Spine
* Help
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#94I know most people here don't care for it, but for those who like it, I produced this chart of the conversation: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg Added in edit: Click on a node to open the original post.
Don't care for it? I much prefer it, this is great!
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#95I know most people here don't care for it, but for those who like it, I produced this chart of the conversation: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg Added in edit: Click on a node to open the original post.
Don't care for it? I much prefer it, this is great!
I've had some remarkably forthright[0] comments in the past[1], so now I just assume that most people will hate it. But personally I find it indispensable for following complex discussions, and finding corners that I hadn't seen.
[0] British[2] understatement;
[1] They depress me, so I'm not going to look them up[3];
[2] I'm not British, but I've live in Britain for over 40 years and have picked up the habit;
[3] Many were deleted after others pointed out how negative they were.
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't care for it? I much prefer it, this is great!
I've had some remarkably forthright[0] comments in the past[1], so now I just assume that most people will hate it. But personally I find it indispensable for following complex discussions, and finding corners that I hadn't seen. [0] British[2] understatement; [1] They depress me, so I'm not going to look them up[3]; [2] I'm not British, but I've live in Britain for over 40 years and have picked up the habit; [3] Man…
Haters gonna hate on the Internet! Cool format though, cheers
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#97I know most people here don't care for it, but for those who like it, I produced this chart of the conversation: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg Added in edit: Click on a node to open the original post.
That's a way better comment tracking system than Twitter's garbage thread implementation which Mastodon have cloned.
This is one thing Reddit actually got right. Their threading is perfectly coherent and easy to follow.
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#98I know most people here don't care for it, but for those who like it, I produced this chart of the conversation: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/Chartodon/111142286901955845.svg Added in edit: Click on a node to open the original post.
Feedback tends to come from those either mildly, or more, annoyed, or those who are greatly pleased.
I can assure you that Chartodon is among the more valuable and compelling features of the Fediverse, and I'm delighted you'd created and contributed it.
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#99Unrelated, but using Mastodon without a login is a breath of fresh air compared to the shit show that is Twitter.
It is, though on an E-ink tablet (which I'm frequently using to read, though I limit interactions to a Real Computer ... though those too may use an e-ink monitor these days) the light-on-dark default scheme is exceedingly difficult to read, and cannot be changed when not logged in to a specific Mastodon instance.
I've put in a feature request to address this, so far it's not been addressed.
Re: There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
But it's not a thing in movies, so nobody wonders why they say that in movies. Because nobody says that in movies. It's been 'synchronize watches' since WWII movies became a thing.
Scroll through the comments. Someone quoted a M A S H scene that uses it. It's a TV show and not a movie, but at least it's an example in the wild.
MASH is culturally important but it’s not The Guns of Navarone or A Bridge Too Far. If Bridge on the River Kwai had watches, Sir Alec Guinness would have not yelled hack.