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Wow. That makes me anxious. It really makes me feel like the seconds come and go.
by teewuane 3y ago
Wow. That makes me anxious. It really makes me feel like the seconds come and go.
- jader201 3y agoNot even the feeling of time passing -- just the animation alone make me anxious. If it were just names floating by using the same animation, it would have the same effect, I think.
- throitallaway 3y agoSame, I felt it in the pit of my stomach right away. The Life one (https://oimo.io/works/life/ https://oimo.io/works/life/) is worse!
- agentwiggles 3y agoI had something akin to a religious experience when I saw this for the first time, and reading the explanation blew my mind. One of the coolest things I've ever seen on the internet.
- dinkleberg 3y agoThis life one is incredible
- EZ-Cheeze 3y agohttps://nextrenaissance.art/society.htm https://nextrenaissance.art/society.htm
- dinkleberg 3y agoThat is a great little piece, thanks for sharing! It is a fun experience. You go in there with no instructions and no idea what is going on. You quickly figure out how you can interact with it and what is going on within that little world and try and make sense of it. Then you notice the title and try and piece that in with that model you've just created. And then you get to wonder if you are reading too much into it and it is just a fun little toy someone built or if there is some artistic story.
- EZ-Cheeze 3y agoYo I'm glad you like it!! I made it over a few days by giving instructions to GPT-4. About 80% of the time it would get my desired functionality exactly right. When I named it society.htm it looked and worked a lot differently, but I think the name still applies. I've started writing a readme for it but got distracted with other projects. Here is the github for it https://github.com/mnenoff/society-htm https://github.com/mnenoff/society-htm
- tonymillion 3y agoOh my god - when you pinch to zoom on that… it’s amazing
- PcChip 3y agothis is breaking my brain
- waitforit 3y agoExplanation on how it works: https://blog.oimo.io/2023/04/10/life-universe-en/ https://blog.oimo.io/2023/04/10/life-universe-en/
- Closi 3y agoWow, that quickly went from "ah this looks like it would be a cute thing to reproduce" to "oh god, this is way more wildly complex than I thought!"
- noduerme 3y agoon my phone, at least, it just endlessly says "loading". I could feel the seconds of my life slipping away.
- latchkey 3y agoIt throws an error in the console...
- genewitch 3y agoit eventually loads, it's transferring >10MB into the "GPU" as a texture, as well as starting the overall meta-meta simulation. I am using a junk oneplus and it took about 15-20 seconds to start, but after that it was smooth like butter.
- antman 3y agoIt has stuck in a loop, chrome mobile
- quectophoton 3y agoReminds me of this one clock[1][2] implemented in the Game of Life. Just... how. [1]: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/111932 https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/111932 [2]: https://copy.sh/life/?gist=f3413564b1fa9c69f2bad4b0400b8090&step=512 https://copy.sh/life/?gist=f3413564b1fa9c69f2bad4b0400b8090&...
- gpderetta 3y agoI opened this and thought it is just game of life. Then read elsethread and tried to zoom out. Wow.
- randlet 3y agoSame! This page gave me a really uncanny feeling of stress.
- ChatGTP 3y agoIt’s interesting, it doesn’t bother me at all. Reminds me not to spend to much time on computers and be more present. I love it. Like a wake up alarm for life.
- kens 3y agoI'm curious about why exactly this is so anxiety-inducing. I have multiple hypotheses: a) the way the numbers only come together for a moment means you need to concentrate. b) the feeling of objects being flung towards you. c) the color scheme. d) the frenetic, jittery movement of the blocks, kind of like insects. e) The large number of objects moving unpredictably makes it hard to track. f) The passage of time. g) Every 10 seconds, the digits get pounded and blocks fly at you. This is probably over-analysis, but it's interesting that so many people have the same reaction to this page.
- ulnarkressty 3y agoFor me it's simply the fact that the blocks get destroyed every second. It really enhances the 'time is fleeting' feeling. Every second is unique and you're never ever getting it back.
- thom 3y agoAs a parent, I’m just thinking of all the blocks needing to be tidied away.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoAnd don’t step on them while barefoot.
- TheMaskedCoder 3y agoIt makes me worry about the invisible minions that are pushing the blocks into place. They only have a second, blocks are falling, how can the get it to the right numbers in time? But as soon as the numbers are legible, the blocks for the next number are already falling, and the invisible minions must jump straight to working on those blocks without a moments rest, second after second, nonstop for eternity.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoI was way too focused on how slow this is running on my phone, sometimes skipping two seconds even. So I had no chance to actually think about what I'm seeing in a deeper way.
- rpastuszak 3y agoIf you need the literal opposite of this site, I made Sit. (https://sit.sonnet.io https://sit.sonnet.io) which is not even a clock, but a timer for sitting down and doing f*ck all. I like the idea of this project, we need more semi-useless toys in our lives. I almost wish that every piece of software I use were customisable and themeable like Winamp. (or certain every-day objects ranging from fashion to gadgets to human skin via tattoos)
- camillomiller 3y agoWow pretty cool. I thought you couldn't automatically set an app as full screen without a prompt? How did you do that?
- gondaloof 3y agoYou don't need a prompt, you just need user interaction, which in this case is click, tap or key press.
- rpastuszak 3y agoYup, that's one of the reasons I added the intro modal with a call-to-action:) The handler triggering full screen (el.requestFullscreen) needs to be in the same call stack as a user interaction event. Same with triggering audio playback programmatically. I'm actually using audio as a fallback to prevent the device from falling asleep (via nosleep.js, modern APIs do exist, but I don't trust Apple with PWAs).
- IRP 3y agoLove it! This morning I used it as a no stress snooze.
- rpastuszak 3y agoGlad you liked it, I do the same! I also use it to meditate. I feel like it gives me more control over my time. I can get back to reality at my own pace. Why I built it and how I use it: https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/ https://sonnet.io/posts/sit/