[HN Gopher] Clock
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       Clock
        
       Author : notmysql_
       Score  : 126 points
       Date   : 2023-04-18 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (oimo.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (oimo.io)
        
       | VWWHFSfQ wrote:
       | broke my right click mouse button
        
       | danhau wrote:
       | Pretty cool, but maybe a bit busy? Would make a good screensaver.
        
         | zeven7 wrote:
         | Are screensavers still a thing or is that a dead concept? I
         | haven't had one in ages, but maybe I just haven't been turning
         | it on in my settings.
        
       | colordrops wrote:
       | How does it work? I'm guessing it's exploding the clock then
       | playing the animation in reverse?
        
       | AbuAssar wrote:
       | made with haxe, and more demos available at:
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       | https://oimo.io/works
        
         | neom wrote:
         | This is the same person who made bubbles that was on the front
         | page 5 months ago:
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         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33566924
         | 
         | jfc, this one is absolutely fucking insane, reminds me of DMT:
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         | https://oimo.io/works/life/
        
           | zeven7 wrote:
           | > this one is absolutely fucking insane, reminds me of DMT:
           | https://oimo.io/works/life/
           | 
           | "Ah, neat, but what am I missing?" I said before I figured
           | out you could zoom.
        
       | mteam88 wrote:
       | Would love to be able to do this with any text
        
       | codeulike wrote:
       | At Paddington station in London there's a clock on the side of a
       | building that appears to have someone inside it, manually drawing
       | on the hands each minute. Its pretty neat
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       | https://secretldn.com/clock-man-paddington-station/
        
         | pvorb wrote:
         | I've heard of this before and while this is a really cool idea,
         | it makes for a very bad clock, because you sometimes have to
         | wait for several seconds to tell how much time it is.
        
         | bolangi wrote:
         | I something like this at Schipol airport in the Netherlands.
        
           | neom wrote:
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSt3Nyxm1IQ - They're videos
           | created by artist Maarten Baas and played on the screen.
        
       | jacobwmorgan wrote:
       | very cool , gives me a headache
        
       | helsinki wrote:
       | My phone is melting!
        
       | thecosas wrote:
       | Parroting a lot of other comments but in short:                 *
       | Really neat       * Makes me anxious; perhaps an option for one
       | without seconds?
        
         | ericpauley wrote:
         | Yup, after a few seconds I was stressed out and had to leave.
         | Imagine the added anxiety when I swiped left to go back
         | (safari) and it didn't work!
        
           | 0xdeadbeefbabe wrote:
           | Nanoseconds would make your computer anxious.
        
         | nicpottier wrote:
         | Hah, came here to say the same. instant anxiety for some
         | reason!
        
           | dQw4w9WgXcQ wrote:
           | It's like watching a drunk person stagger along the street
           | and wondering if they're going to keep it together or wipe
           | out
        
         | StephenSmith wrote:
         | Could keep the units that aren't changing and only change the
         | ones that are.
        
           | itslennysfault wrote:
           | This would be a super cool change... Just the blocks coming
           | from behind and knocking away the old numbers.
        
       | issafram wrote:
       | time.gov is all you need
        
       | waynesonfire wrote:
       | would be cool if this was a physical clock.
        
       | marketdev wrote:
       | This is super cool.
        
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