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61 points by OisinMoran 3 days ago | 11 comments
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OisinMoran 5 hours ago [-]
If you like weird clocks, I've got a collection of them here [0] which includes two others I've madeβ€”the QR Code Clock (probably my stupidest design of anything to date), and the vague clock (which is always correct and accurate but as it is just a single rotating "6" is only really legible at 6 and 9 o'clock)

Currently working on my first physical one!

[0] https://lynkmi.com/oisin/Clocks

29athrowaway 4 hours ago [-]
This one is good

https://github.com/BarkyTheDog/catclock

OisinMoran 3 days ago [-]
It seems that of all the numbers (needed here), the symbol for 20 (π’Ž™) is the only one that doesn't render on Android. Very odd. It does seem to be the last used codepoint (U+12399) in the Cuneiform block (U+12000–U+123FF) and they seem to stop rendering from U+1236E (on Android) which leaves 43 symbols un-rendered.

Anyone any idea why that might be?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_(Unicode_block) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuat...

sent at π’Œ‹π’–:𒐐𒐕:π’Œ‹π’—

OisinMoran 3 days ago [-]
Okay, in the interim I have a shipped a fix for Android (seems fine on an iPhone emulation) that uses two tens like so "π’Œ‹π’Œ‹" (looks like <<) instead of one twenty "π’Ž™" (also looks like << but a bit tighter). This is definitely one of the weirdest patches [0] I've ever doneβ€”changing how an ancient language is displayed based on the specific type of incomprehensibly advanced technology it's being displayed onβ€”but I guess that's what Sundays are for.

[0] https://github.com/OisinMoran/OisinMoran.github.io/commit/15...

thangalin 5 hours ago [-]
https://i.ibb.co/6RBrwZpz/firefox.png

Firefox 139.0.4 on Arch Linux

OisinMoran 5 hours ago [-]
I guess the Arch in Arch Linux isn't for archaeology then :(
arp242 5 hours ago [-]
You just don't have the required font.
thaumasiotes 6 hours ago [-]
Well, I can report that π’Ž™ isn't rendering on Windows 10 either. Your "sent at" renders fine. Whatever it is, it isn't specific to Android.

I assume it's mostly down to fonts, but I don't know why a font would implement some of the cuneiform block without doing all of it.

JdeBP 1 hours ago [-]
U+12399 was not an assigned code point until Unicode 8. The other code points were in Unicode 7.
sonorous_sub 2 days ago [-]
The visual appeal is undeniable ;)
OisinMoran 2 days ago [-]
Thank you! I am quite happy with how it turned out and looking at it now reminds me a bit of the clock in Lost when it turns to Egyptian Hieroglyphs.