Show HN: I made an online Unicode Cuneiform digital clock

OisinMoran | 102 points

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

OisinMoran | 15 hours ago

Nice! This makes me appreciate the improvement roman numerals had over cuneiform: that a symbol isn’t repeated more than three times so it’s easier to read at a glance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subitizing

This is why VIII and IX are easier to parse than 𒐆 and 𒐇 (though grouping them by 5 does help)

uncircle | 4 hours ago

Just by watching your clock for 1 minute I learned Cuneiform numbers! Thank you! :)

pulse7 | 6 hours ago

I absolutely love this, bonus: I can now read Cuneiform numbers, if I ever need that.

Suggestion: You can potentially show the Cuneiform time in the url.

sent at: π’Œ‹:π’Ž™π’›:𒐏𒐗

hmdai | 8 hours 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

The visual appeal is undeniable ;)

sonorous_sub | 2 days ago

Sumertime! Great naming choice!!

furstenheim | 5 hours ago

Interesting, that it's all standard base-10. A Number system based on 12 could have been a good fit for a base-60 time.

Babylonians/Sumerians invented base-60, and didn't have special characters for 10, 11 (and maybe 12)? Really?

adornKey | 7 hours ago