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Human Clock
- atian 6y agoAs a modern front-end developer, it is disappointing that this app wasn't built in React. Parts of the site also worry me as they serve API responses in PHP and not GraphQL. It would be best if someone could take the initiative to launch a contender that incorporates both GraphQL and React into the stack to future proof development. The current site could also take advantage of Next.js's automatic image optimization. https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/image-optimization https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/image-optimization
- jessebarton 6y agoNah
- nostromo 6y agoIs this HN satire?
- Tade0 6y agoI choose to believe it is. Then again I can name at least one person who would unironically agree with what the GP has written.
- kawera 6y agoMust be!
- amanzi 6y agoI can no longer tell the difference. 2020 has ruined me...
- 0x008 6y agoWell, I also feel that this year HN discussions are seeing more bickering and more endless discussions where we have seen each side’s arguments a thousand times. The discussions feel a little bit more predictable than pre COVID. Or maybe I just spend more time in the comments...
- selfhoster11 6y agoI don't think it's just you. It does feel like the comment section quality has dropped since the lockdown began.
- 0x008 6y agoI still can’t think of any forum with a higher discussion quality, but people seem less friendly.
- eliseumds 6y agoMother of God.
- jackconsidine 6y agoA few more points: - Lacking web assembly - Doesn't make use of the new browser-USB spec - No usage of web sockets I'd agree that this backwards technology stack about invalidates the project? \s
- goldenkey 6y agoAs a postmodern front-end developer, it is appalling that you attempted to pawn off a classical framework like React to the programmertariat. View frameworks like React and Vue are a waste of CPU cycles and network bandwidth. Not only are they packaged with the application itself, but they also proxy objects (`reactive`) so they can do their hooking. The new way is to compile one's app into an artifact that uses something along the lines of Apple's Clang Automatic Reference Counting to insert re-rendering statements in appropriate areas of the code. [1] https://svelte.dev/ https://svelte.dev/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Reference_Counting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Reference_Counting
- 0x008 6y agoThis is a great copypasta.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoYou’re trying to make a joke, but the website could definitely be looked at again with modern expectations. It’s unusable on my iPhone. Even trying to pinch zoom somehow interacts with it. I couldn’t figure out its purpose before I lost interest and closed the tab. The sarcastic attempt to say “look how amazing this without any modern tools” is out of place when the website isn’t very usable.
- systemvoltage 6y agoWhat bs! The author has no obligation to provide mobile web services ಠ_ಠ.
- LordDragonfang 6y agoI honestly can't tell whether this comment is a joke or not. If so, it's not a great one.
- Aeolun 6y agoThe reloading I see on this site is actually super annoying since it resets my zoom level every time, so I, for one, fully agree.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoPlus there’s no monetisation strategy. Where’s the hustle? I don’t get it. I’m 19 and get paid 600k (graduated from a boot camp last month), I could build this in a weekend too.
- andyjpb 6y agoThe author seems to be soliciting artwork submissions for a "Pobox clock" as well so perhaps we could use this opportunity to help out! https://humanclock.com/poboxclock.php https://humanclock.com/poboxclock.php
- yboris 6y agoReminds me of the brilliant The Clock (2010 film) > a 24-hour video supercut (montage of scenes from film and television) that feature clocks or timepieces. It's played synchronized with the actual time of day. I got to see it in a museum in London. It was awesome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_(2010_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_(2010_film)
- kawera 6y agoFantastic video! I got to see it in São Paulo and went there three times in different hours of the day... mesmerising.
- alkank 6y agoAnd me of Pharrell Williams' Happy - 24 hours version: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsH19NHPTD44m-5CCyx5jKLKAGir3iL2L https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsH19NHPTD44m-5CCyx5j...
- remram 6y agoReminds me of the pointerpointer.com
- crystite 6y agoThe Atari Web Server he's using is one of my favorite pages on the internet. https://humanclock.com/atariserver.php https://humanclock.com/atariserver.php For real, I traded Atari games with Craig, the author of this site, in the late 1990's. He is an amazing dude. He also rode his bike around Australia and did a website about it: https://lunky.com/ https://lunky.com/.
- js2 6y agoOh, literally around! As in circumnavigate. (I once circumnavigated a country on foot but it was merely the Vatican.) Years ago there was a beautiful book published called From Alice to Ocean about a woman who walked across the Western deserts of Australia: https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Ocean-Alone-Across-Outback/dp/0201632160 https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Ocean-Alone-Across-Outback/dp/0... It was notable at the time also because it was one of the early uses of CD-ROM to add a multimedia component. http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/impact/s94/students/nataliez/nataliez_multi.html http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/impact/s94/students/nataliez/nata...
- graderjs 6y agoThis is hilarious, by the same person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-peZ7IeD2w&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-peZ7IeD2w&feature=youtu.be
- 0x008 6y agoThat‘s great!
- anotherevan 6y agoI want an API to this so I can use it for desktop background images.
- bitwize 6y agoCool, a web toy like they used to make 'em, back when the web was fun and the possibilities seemed endless.
- khazhoux 6y agoYup, this immediately screamed "old web" to me. Now I just refresh reddit and HN :-\
- jcun4128 6y agoWow it took me a bit to figure out what was happening. How neat
- raindropm 6y agoI love it. Back then when internet used to be weird and fun, and not all about profit or fame...
- dmortin 6y agoNice, but not perfect, at 6:05am I was shown an image of 16:05, so it was off by 10 hours.
- jedimastert 6y agoI'm reminded of a video installation somewhere of a clock where ever minute a guy repaints the minute line, but I don't remember where or what it was...does this ring a bell with anyone?
- codyogden 6y agoIt’s called Real Time by Maarten Baas. https://youtu.be/e_3KY2gWDwg https://youtu.be/e_3KY2gWDwg http://maartenbaas.com/real-time/schiphol-clock/ http://maartenbaas.com/real-time/schiphol-clock/
- kenny11 6y agoIs this what you're thinking of? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88dflh7Dko4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88dflh7Dko4 There is also now a version at Amsterdam Schipol airport.
- matsemann 6y agoNorway likes slow TV, and did this for a whole day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6urNqR7x1kE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6urNqR7x1kE I checked in for all the big transitions where multiple panels had to be changed at the same time.
- erainey 6y agoAnother fun project by the same person. https://deee-lights.com/ https://deee-lights.com/
- undreren 6y agoWhat is that site supposed to do? The embedded video says it's private.
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- erainey 6y agoThe video was a livestream of the house as multiple people changed colors / settings of the lights. Maybe HN broke the Atari server though. Here’s what it looked like: https://twitter.com/humanclock/status/1337926809166331905 https://twitter.com/humanclock/status/1337926809166331905
- superasn 6y agoAlso by the author https://humancalendar.com/ https://humancalendar.com/ (very interesting)
- sunnyam 6y agoThis reminds me of Pharrell Williams' 24 Hours of Happy [1] which was a website that you could visit and it would show a music video timed to that minute. On the hour, ever hour, there would be a special music video with the Pharrell instead. The song was a real earworm and I'm sure people got sick of it but I really loved that website. Even though the song became a bit too much at times, it was a brilliant thing to watch. [1]: The website is down now but the videos are all here on his Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPi39tTpkdpjBVQZo5oFLWjFjlOMkd2A https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKPi39tTpkdpjBVQZo5oF...
- ImpressiveWebs 6y agoI happen to click at exactly 4:50 and it was a photo of the cover of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 450. Well played.
- dwighttk 6y agoIs that a prequel to Fahrenheit 451? What burns at 450°?
- ImpressiveWebs 6y agoOh haha... I misread it. It was 4:51. I've never actually read the book, so I just had a brain fart on the title.
- dwighttk 6y agoHeh. I sorta assumed...
- Cockbrand 6y agoFantastic and quite fun! This has been around for quite a while. I remember being obsessed with contributing to the Human Clock back in the day. I might go and search for my contributions over the holidays.
- arondeparon 6y agoWe need this, but with livestreamed cameras found on Shodan.
- dhammack 6y agoThanks for posting. In the early 2000's me, my brothers, and my dad spent several months taking pictures and submitting each sequential minute between 8-9. Looking back probably 20 years later now it is quite amusing to still see the pictures there! It has been a long time since I heard about the human clock.
- devenblake 6y agoWoah. I open it up at 08:44 and the picture is from less than fifty miles away from me. Small world. (I live in Maine.)
- mariodiana 6y agoThis is the brother of a former housemate of mine, from almost 20 years ago. I emailed him back then to tell him I saw the site and thought it was cool. He told me I should check out his other site: humancock.com. When I clicked that, the page loaded and read something like, "Shame on you!" Wise guy, that guy ;-)
- schwartzworld 6y agoInterestingly the town of Fucking just voted to legally change its name.