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Wow. That makes me anxious. It really makes me feel like the seconds come and go.

If you need the literal opposite of this site, I made Sit. (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)

Wow pretty cool. I thought you couldn't automatically set an app as full screen without a prompt? How did you do that?

You don't need a prompt, you just need user interaction, which in this case is click, tap or key press.

Yup, 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).

Love it! This morning I used it as a no stress snooze.

Glad 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/

Same, I felt it in the pit of my stomach right away. The Life one (https://oimo.io/works/life/) is worse!

This life one is incredible

https://nextrenaissance.art/society.htm

That 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.

Yo 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

Oh my god - when you pinch to zoom on that… it’s amazing

this is breaking my brain

Explanation on how it works: https://blog.oimo.io/2023/04/10/life-universe-en/

Wow, 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!"

on my phone, at least, it just endlessly says "loading". I could feel the seconds of my life slipping away.

It throws an error in the console...

it 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.

It has stuck in a loop, chrome mobile

Reminds me of this one clock[1][2] implemented in the Game of Life.

Just... how.

[1]: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/111932

[2]: https://copy.sh/life/?gist=f3413564b1fa9c69f2bad4b0400b8090&...

I opened this and thought it is just game of life. Then read elsethread and tried to zoom out. Wow.

I 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.

I'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.

For 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.

As a parent, I’m just thinking of all the blocks needing to be tidied away.

And don’t step on them while barefoot.

It 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.

Not 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.

It’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.

I 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.

Same! This page gave me a really uncanny feeling of stress.

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