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This mechanical watch explanation: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

by paulgb 4y ago

madvoid 4y ago
Everything he makes is great, I'd also highly recommend the GPS explanation.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
  if it's the one I'm thinking of.. i spent like 4 hours reading that and still didn't finish, but every bit was amazing
- adamddev1 4y ago
  Wow. This guy makes amazing stuff. That's what I call beautifully harnessing the power of web technologies to explain things.
- dotancohen 4y ago
  His floating point representation is so good that middle schoolers can understand it: https://ciechanow.ski/exposing-floating-point/ https://ciechanow.ski/exposing-floating-point/
rjh29 4y ago
That's insane.
hassancf 4y ago
Just beautiful
redanddead 4y ago
a passion project for sure
Mochsner 4y ago
This is fantastic
brimstedt 4y ago
Truly fantastic and well made! At the end, concludes with: > Mechanical watches are not as accurate as digital ones. They require maintenance and are more fragile. Despite all these drawbacks, these devices show a true mastery of engineering. With creative use of miniature gears, levers, and springs, a mechanical watch rises from its dormant components to become truly alive. And to an extent, I can agree that figuring out and building such a tiny mechanic is truly genius. But so is figuring out the digital electronics devices, even if they seem much less sexy. What we should really be thankful for are those geniuses who figured out all those technologies and put their powers in the hand of the mere mortals. I don't need to be able to understand the inners of the computer, but can still make use of its power to the benefit of others.
jacksonkmarley 4y ago
So this is clearly amazing, but on the topic of page design for my future reference, can any frontend people tell me whether there is an effective way to avoid the 'i want to scroll but interacted with the graphic' effect?
chrismorgan 4y ago
And many of the other pages on the same site.

This mechanical watch explanation: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

by paulgb 4y ago

This mechanical watch explanation: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

madvoid 4y ago

Everything he makes is great, I'd also highly recommend the GPS explanation.

8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
if it's the one I'm thinking of.. i spent like 4 hours reading that and still didn't finish, but every bit was amazing
adamddev1 4y ago
Wow. This guy makes amazing stuff. That's what I call beautifully harnessing the power of web technologies to explain things.
dotancohen 4y ago
His floating point representation is so good that middle schoolers can understand it: https://ciechanow.ski/exposing-floating-point/ https://ciechanow.ski/exposing-floating-point/

rjh29 4y ago

That's insane.

hassancf 4y ago

Just beautiful

redanddead 4y ago

a passion project for sure

Mochsner 4y ago

This is fantastic

brimstedt 4y ago

Truly fantastic and well made! At the end, concludes with: > Mechanical watches are not as accurate as digital ones. They require maintenance and are more fragile. Despite all these drawbacks, these devices show a true mastery of engineering. With creative use of miniature gears, levers, and springs, a mechanical watch rises from its dormant components to become truly alive. And to an extent, I can agree that figuring out and building such a tiny mechanic is truly genius. But so is figuring out the digital electronics devices, even if they seem much less sexy. What we should really be thankful for are those geniuses who figured out all those technologies and put their powers in the hand of the mere mortals. I don't need to be able to understand the inners of the computer, but can still make use of its power to the benefit of others.

jacksonkmarley 4y ago

So this is clearly amazing, but on the topic of page design for my future reference, can any frontend people tell me whether there is an effective way to avoid the 'i want to scroll but interacted with the graphic' effect?

chrismorgan 4y ago

And many of the other pages on the same site.