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Re: Clock

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Post by spindle »

worldmerge wrote: post #139
frans wrote: post #127

This one is a bit different, but great as well https://www.literaryclock.com/ Give it a minute or so to see what happens...

Does anyone know if there is an api or local library for it? I’d love to make my own physical version of this like that kick starter.

`wget https://www.literaryclock.com` gets you a structure containing all the strings indexed by time, so that's almost an API.

Re: Clock

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Post by tokai »

worldmerge wrote: post #139
frans wrote: post #127

This one is a bit different, but great as well https://www.literaryclock.com/ Give it a minute or so to see what happens...

Does anyone know if there is an api or local library for it? I’d love to make my own physical version of this like that kick starter.

All the quotes and times are available here:

https://github.com/JohannesNE/literature-clock/tree/master/d...

Re: Clock

#144

Post by pvillano »

frans wrote: post #127

This one is a bit different, but great as well https://www.literaryclock.com/ Give it a minute or so to see what happens...

Reminds me of an artwork that compiled shots of clocks and watches from movies into a 24 hour cycle. The journalist reporting on it was so entranced they kept visiting at different times of day/night

Re: Clock

#145

Post by worldmerge »

tokai wrote: post #142
worldmerge wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone know if there is an api or local library for it? I’d love to make my own physical version of this like that kick starter.

All the quotes and times are available here: https://github.com/JohannesNE/literature-clock/tree/master/d...

Great! Looks like you could load all of that into a SQLite DB.

Re: Clock

#146

Post by TedDoesntTalk »

thom wrote: post #113
kens wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious about why exactly this is so anxiety-inducing. I have multiple hypotheses: a) the way the numbers only come together for a moment means you need to concentrate. b) the feeling of objects being flung towards you. c) the color scheme. d) the frenetic, jittery movement of the blocks, kind of like insects. e) The large number of objects moving unpredictably makes it hard to track. f) The passage of time. g) E…

As a parent, I’m just thinking of all the blocks needing to be tidied away.

And don’t step on them while barefoot.

Re: Clock

#147

Post by emi2k01 »

frans wrote: post #127

This one is a bit different, but great as well https://www.literaryclock.com/ Give it a minute or so to see what happens...

I just happened to use it at 7:41 and there's no quotes for that time according to the JSON files in the other comment. It instead gave me a quote that indicated it was 2:34

Re: Clock

#148

Post by MauranKilom »

The core idea (backwards time integration) seems to be implemented here:

https://github.com/saharan/works/blob/main/clock/src/phys/Wo...

And by the looks of it, there is a description here: https://blog.oimo.io/2022/02/11/clock-core/

I'm not passionate enough to try and (machine-)translate it, even though I would've really liked to understand how you make collision handling work backwards (especially since the simulation clearly seems to have energy dissipation)...

Re: Clock

#150

Post by seabass-labrax »

yrro wrote: post #117

Difficult to read when the time is only stable for such a short period. What if the time emerged from the depths of the scene already assembled, only to crumble to dust as its moment passes?

> What if the time emerged from the depths of the scene already assembled, only to crumble to dust as its moment passes?

I feel as if there could be some profound metaphor there...

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