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Re: Clock

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Post by kraquepype »

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?

I came to say the same thing, but that was me looking at it's practicality as a clock.

If you zone out a bit and watch, you can see each tick form the time and quickly collapse, drawing a parallel to the nervous ephemeral nature of life. Being able to get that feeling from a clock is pretty neat.

Re: Clock

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Post by rpastuszak »

gondaloof wrote: post #130
camillomiller wrote: post #124

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Wow pretty cool. I thought you couldn't automatically set an app as full screen without a prompt? How did you do that?

You don't need a prompt, you just need user interaction, which in this case is click, tap or key press.

Yup, that's one of the reasons I added the intro modal with a call-to-action:)

The handler triggering full screen (el.requestFullscreen) needs to be in the same call stack as a user interaction event. Same with triggering audio playback programmatically.

I'm actually using audio as a fallback to prevent the device from falling asleep (via nosleep.js, modern APIs do exist, but I don't trust Apple with PWAs).

Re: Clock

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Post by rpastuszak »

IRP wrote: post #128
rpastuszak wrote: post #120

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If you need the literal opposite of this site, I made Sit. ( https://sit.sonnet.io ) which is not even a clock, but a timer for sitting down and doing f*ck all. I like the idea of this project, we need more semi-useless toys in our lives. I almost wish that every piece of software I use were customisable and themeable like Winamp. (or certain every-day objects ranging from fashion to gadgets to human skin via tattoos…

Love it! This morning I used it as a no stress snooze.

Glad you liked it, I do the same! I also use it to meditate.

I feel like it gives me more control over my time. I can get back to reality at my own pace.

Why I built it and how I use it: https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/

Re: Clock

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Post by Zopieux »

Cool, but way too busy & stressful to look at. This gave me anxiety.

I'd suggest a version that has shortish explosions every 30s or 1m, with the slow sliding forward thing, in-between explosions.

Re: Clock

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Post by q1w2 »

neilv wrote: post #102
tyre wrote: post #74

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One of the cooler articles I read on HN was about how Mandarin speakers consider the past spatially in front of them and the future spatially behind them. This is the opposite of English, which tends to consider the past as "behind us". The English way is based on movement: we are moving forward into the future and our past is what we are leaving behind. The Mandarin way is about knowledge: we can see the past (hence…

Even if, linguistically, Mandarin doesn't speak of looking forward towards the future, China is known for strategically investing and planning for payoffs multiple decades/generations into the future. Language does affect thought, but apparently, in this case, speaking of not being able to see the future apparently doesn't preclude actively shaping it.

This has more to do with having an constant leadership that want to stay in power indefinitely.

Re: Clock

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Post by modriano »

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...

If we're showing our favorite novel clock implementations, here's a mechanical seven-segment display clock [0] that is just entrancing to watch.

[0] https://hackaday.com/2022/10/09/flip-segment-digital-clock-i...

Re: Clock

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Post by shakti365 »

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.

Inspired by this I tried using chatGPT

Here's another excerpt, this time from the novel "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, that mentions the time 07:30:

"I woke up late in the morning. The sun was hot on my face, and I had a headache. I had been drunk the night before, but I remembered everything that had happened. I lay in bed for a while and listened to the sounds outside. There were birds singing in the trees and the sound of people walking on the street. I looked at my watch. It was 7:30. I got up and went to the window. The sky was blue and cloudless. It was going to be a hot day."

Re: Clock

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Post by genewitch »

noduerme wrote: post #92
throitallaway wrote: post #42

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Same, I felt it in the pit of my stomach right away. The Life one ( https://oimo.io/works/life/ ) is worse!

on my phone, at least, it just endlessly says "loading". I could feel the seconds of my life slipping away.

it eventually loads, it's transferring >10MB into the "GPU" as a texture, as well as starting the overall meta-meta simulation. I am using a junk oneplus and it took about 15-20 seconds to start, but after that it was smooth like butter.

Re: Clock

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Post by Etherlord87 »

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?

Since those numbers don't assemble from previous numbers, they could as well start assembling earlier. Apparently the designer thinks it's visible long enough (he's wrong).

Re: Clock

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Post by alt227 »

fsckboy wrote: post #97
nine_k wrote: post #63

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I think the author of the clock might want to keep the name enigmatic while factually correct. There are many interpretations, images, and connotations which the animation may invoke in a viewer, and the author might not want to force any particular one. So staying enigmatic here is the right move, I think. The Astral thing is different: it's about announcing a commercial company, and not having spent time on craftin…

staying enigmatic might be the right move for the author, but that doesn't mean the cost should be borne by us. The reason that we have traffic jams at rush hour is that it is in each person's self interest to enter the highway, but as a collective it creates a greater negative for all than the benefit to the one (see economic negative externality ). When you merge into a crowded highway, 1000 people behind you move…

Is clicking on a link, seeing a clock, and clicking the back button that much of a hassle? Im sure it took way longer to write your post!
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