[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":304},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-13845768":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":40,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":165,"shape":171,"grid":175,"attempts":262,"same_week":267,"maker_shows":31,"maker_hidden":296,"reader_version":297,"card":298},"13845768","clocks.80limit.com","288 Analog Clocks Give Digital Time","title","Show HN: 288 Analog Clocks Give Digital Time","http:\u002F\u002Fclocks.80limit.com","MichaelHoste",1489247337,2017,117,34,368,2242,17,"notable","creative","generative art clock","web_app",[23,24,25,26,27],"analog clock","digital clock","generative art","clock visualization","css animation","mixed",0.077,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},4,8,7,2,21,{"design":37,"idea":39},{"positive":34,"critical":38},1,{"positive":38,"critical":38},[41,42,41,41,42,42,38,42,38,41,42,42,42,43,42,41,41,41,41,41,41,42,41,42,43,43,41,41,43,41,42,42,42,41],3,0,5,null,{"problem":46,"audience":44,"pricing":44,"motivation":58,"time_to_build":44,"stack":72,"openness":73,"stage":74,"team_size":73},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Displays digital time using an array of analog clock hands","inferred",[50,54],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},"13845873","ythn","Are the \"analog\" clocks actually analog? Seems like they just transition between discrete states based on the current (digital) time. Still, mesmerizing visualization.",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"13845877","Entangled","Nice trick, you're only using six hours to show the time: four corners, horizontal and vertical. The rest is just random movement to make it look like a complex machine. Kudos.",{"value":59,"source":48,"evidence":60},"Inspired by a mechanical gallery exhibition and similar physical clock installations",[61,65,69],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"13846422","GavinMcG","This is a design piece, inspired by a gallery exhibition that did something similar, but mechanically. The creator is in this thread and can speak for himself on this, but…",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"13845994","jhund","Here is a similar effect, just with physical clocks, and a larger number of them: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=XdaKTnqotbE",{"id":70,"by":10,"text":71},"13846055","I was indeed afraid that it would look too static without using \"random\" phases. Using seconds would be great (I could try to make them look smaller too). Looking at my source of…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":76,"objections":98,"requests":119,"questions":139,"alternatives":148},[77,90],{"value":78,"source":79,"evidence":80},"Beautiful, mesmerizing visualization that works as art","commenter",[81,85,86],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"13846427","jimnotgym","Well I thought it was beautiful and, the real test, my children agree",{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"13846781","flogic","That depends on whether it's priority is to be a clock or a piece of art first. As an artwork, it more than succeeds. In it's current form, prioritizing art seems the correct…",{"value":91,"source":79,"evidence":92},"Clever trick using only six hour positions",[93,94],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"13847612","kwhitefoot","Clever but the clocks aren't really analogue. In an analogue clock the movement is continuous and there is no state where both hands are horizontal But still, it really is clever.",[99,108],{"value":100,"source":79,"evidence":101},"Not analog: hands move discretely and can be horizontal",[102,106,107],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"13846784","Someone","Those aren't analog clocks. Analog clocks don't have a state where both hands of the clock are horizontal, or where one is pointing south and the other pointing east or west.",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"value":109,"source":79,"evidence":110},"Cycle is too slow; takes about 15 seconds so time is hard to read as a clock",[111,115],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"13846370","stevefeinstein","It takes about 15 seconds for the clock to cycle. Only three of these seconds are spent actually showing the time. So if I want to know the time I need to sit and wait typically…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"13846220","dexterdog","It would make a nice screen clock if it actually showed the time most of the time. Instead most times when you look at it to see what time it is you have to wait. At that point…",[120,128],{"value":121,"source":79,"evidence":122},"Show seconds or smooth transitions instead of random phases",[123,127],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"13845879","chrisjshull","I'd love to see a version of this that didn't go through a \"random\" phase every few seconds. I'd love to see the actual transitions between the times. I think it would be more…",{"id":70,"by":10,"text":71},{"value":129,"source":79,"evidence":130},"Scriptable clocks or a text display mode",[131,135],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"13846509","gravypod","Is it possible to make these scriptable? I think it would be fun to try and visualize magnetic field lines with these. Also on the clock front, can you change it to segment the…",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"13846578","orless","Would be interesting to see a \"digital text\" version to display short text messages the same way.",[140],{"value":141,"source":79,"evidence":142},"Are the clocks actually analog or just discrete states based on digital time?",[143,144],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"13846088","theoh","I think that counts as analog, because the hands of the clocks are a continously variable indication. 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