[HN Gopher] Show HN: Time Flies
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Show HN: Time Flies
A visualization of the passage of time using flies. Written in
JavaScript with some HTML & CSS in one index.html.
Author : vnglst
Score : 347 points
Date : 2024-09-21 13:46 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (time-flies.koenvangilst.nl)
(TXT) w3m dump (time-flies.koenvangilst.nl)
| Rush2112 wrote:
| This app reminds me of the marx brothers quote, "Time flies like
| an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
| modeless wrote:
| Clearly the time flies should follow the mouse cursor.
| ithkuil wrote:
| They should change their behaviour as the pointer changes
| shape as you hover through various items on the screen
| jessekv wrote:
| Is the dancing banana cursor still around?
| Yawrehto wrote:
| "Time flies like an arrow, mouse cursor flies like a cursor"?
| adzm wrote:
| Referred to as a garden path sentence
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence
| 082349872349872 wrote:
| Having had friends who wrangled D. melanogaster, it reminds me
| of the smell of ether and yeast.
| tomcam wrote:
| Hilarious. Really wish I'd thought of this. Nicely executed.
| opem wrote:
| True XD
| keyle wrote:
| Very nice, simple and elegant. Would make a nice screensaver with
| a bit more movement.
| jedberg wrote:
| Just add seconds for constant movement.
| NKosmatos wrote:
| Adding a few more flies would make it even better. Hey the
| code is on GitHub, so we're all free to create our variations
| ;-)
| koliber wrote:
| Imagine lit-up drones doing a countdown like this before New
| Year's Eve!
| wingerlang wrote:
| Guaranteed to have been done in Asia already, an example:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIs8t3ro9Fw
| susam wrote:
| Not at all similar to the one in this "Show HN" post but
| related:
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| London 2023 countdown:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcDNi1HkfI&t=49s
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| London 2024 countdown:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2wBcCIlMGw&t=50s
| josefrichter wrote:
| Initially I thought it's one of those optical illusions where you
| start seeing something in seemingly random buzz, just dynamically
| generated.
| kaan_keskin wrote:
| Now, I should port this to my smartwatch. Great.
| singularity2001 wrote:
| Could be a good test for future GPT intelligence but probably not
| hard
| Gazoche wrote:
| This is the kind of idea that definitely started with the pun and
| then was worked backwards from there. Pretty funny.
|
| Tip: you can click on the canvas to "disturb" the flies
| chasil wrote:
| The term "Tempus Fugis" is Latin for time flies, and is commonly
| seen on clock faces.
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempus_fugit
| rpastuszak wrote:
| Aeternitas manet!
|
| _fugit_ means literally "runs away/escapes" (useless trivia:
| it's just like in Bach's _fugues_ which has to do with their
| structure).
|
| I'm not trying to be pedantic here -- for some time I've been
| wondering how one would say (in classical latin) "time flies"
| as "the flies of time".
|
| Can anyone with the knowledge of classical Latin help me feed
| that brain worm?
|
| Is it Muscae temporis?
|
| Can I use that phrase instead of tempus fugit? Like a friend
| named Mori, who used to finish all of his posts with "Memento
| Mori - remember Mori"
| wazoox wrote:
| Muscae temporis is fine, and funny in its way :)
| playingalong wrote:
| Refugees is the same stem.
| Yawrehto wrote:
| I did not expect fugues and refugees to be etymologically
| related. You learn something new every day, I guess. Even
| if it's something you'd prefer you didn't know, like that
| apparently six-month-old eggs don't smell weird enough to
| get noticed...if they're in a closed drawer at least. (Yes,
| that happened a while ago. It lasted through a
| reorganization of the fridge, too! Fun...)
| stavros wrote:
| Fugitive, centrifuge...
| malingo wrote:
| Miles Davis, 1953: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEfofdhwpc
| jihadjihad wrote:
| And then there is my uncle, quoted as saying, "Tempus can go
| fug itself."
| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| _> Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana._
|
| - Groucho Marx
| Yawrehto wrote:
| That's super cool!
| ochrist wrote:
| Time Flies is something I would expect in Doctor Who.
| gyre007 wrote:
| I love this! I wouldn't be surprised if this is the result of the
| author getting nerd-sniped somehow :-)
| fermentation wrote:
| Fun visualization.
|
| First thought that this would be https://timeflies.buzz/ a fun
| game I played at pax this year, though I'm a little worried I
| played the whole thing.
| garyrob wrote:
| But do they like an arrow?
| maxperience wrote:
| Another nice stoic-inspired visualisation of a life clock:
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| https://lifeslay.vercel.app/
| 3yanlis1bos wrote:
| Nice.
|
| <Spoiler> I would expect the phone shake to cause the flies to
| dispatch tho. <Spoiler/>
| gus_massa wrote:
| Nice feature request.
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