<![CDATA[SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html]]>SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html

Obviously this clock can only be improved by the addition of a language setting. And maybe timezones.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dc5a38dd-2d98-4f54-970a-d8d4b14abbac/scream-https-boat.horse-clock-index.htmlRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 08:56:51 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 11:56:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:29:27 GMT]]>@cstross Honestly, I would buy a watch that implemented that. I wonder if there's any way I could implement it myself with something small enough to not be ridiculous.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/PastaThief/statuses/116416038026018672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indiepocalypse.social/users/PastaThief/statuses/116416038026018672Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:29:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:09:51 GMT]]>@themself @ascii158 @cstross So just about when you've managed to read the thing, it reshuffles.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415960965871757https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415960965871757Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:09:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:07:37 GMT]]>@themself @ascii158 @cstross Upon further thought:

Each timezone setting can be expressed in several ways. e.g. I live on the east coast of the USA, and my local timezone is EST, or EDT, or New York... (I haven't checked for the complete list.)

So: Multiple faces. Each face picks a random name for its timezone, and the faces are sorted by that.

Then, every minute, everybody picks a new name for their timezone, and the faces re-sort.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415952132054388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415952132054388Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:07:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:22:36 GMT]]>@cstross I was about to intermesh my fingers and do my best evil villain laugh after thinking that one of the cursed language settings should be “Roman numerals”… except that rather annoyingly, those are nearly already alphabetized, boo. Only IX is out of place.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cloud/users/sidb/statuses/116415539232314261https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.cloud/users/sidb/statuses/116415539232314261Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:22:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:18:32 GMT]]>@cstross

pretty sure that micro$oft teems uses this clock to help schedule multi-timezone meetings...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116415523218334848https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paul_ipv6/statuses/116415523218334848Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:18:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:10:17 GMT]]>@cstross
Oh God. I wonder if it would be possible to make a purely mechanical gear train to produce these movements, at least for hours and minutes?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/krnlg/statuses/116415490781274862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/krnlg/statuses/116415490781274862Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:08:38 GMT]]>@cstross now do a stopwatch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.murkworks.net/users/moira/statuses/116415484329632445https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.murkworks.net/users/moira/statuses/116415484329632445Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:08:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:08:28 GMT]]>@ascii158 @cstross True. Hmm.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415483638593833https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415483638593833Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:08:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:07:32 GMT]]>@cstross@wandering.shop only the fediverse could come up with something so lovingly unhinged

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/al5aqwn5trql02q5https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://booping.synth.download/notes/al5aqwn5trql02q5Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:07:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:06:28 GMT]]>@cstross no

NO no
no

NONONONONONONONONONO

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.murkworks.net/users/moira/statuses/116415475789781288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.murkworks.net/users/moira/statuses/116415475789781288Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:59:35 GMT]]>@cstross

Well I'm autistic and now I'm dead.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mespique/statuses/116415448702748530https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mespique/statuses/116415448702748530Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:59:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:56:43 GMT]]>@cstross it looks like an adhd clock

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/bimmer/statuses/116415437406942884https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/bimmer/statuses/116415437406942884Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:56:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:25:39 GMT]]>@jmax @cstross but that would not change second by second, would it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116415315278942352https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116415315278942352Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:25:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:21:49 GMT]]>@ascii158 @cstross Oh, by name. Where name can be a timezone name or a city name.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415300199220655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415300199220655Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:21:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:13:10 GMT]]>@cstross @jmax ordered by time in the timezone or by timezone?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116415266224741290https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116415266224741290Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:06:51 GMT]]>@jmax @ascii158 Also, if it's multiple dials for different time zones, they need to be ordered alphabetically too!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116415241355766973https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116415241355766973Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:06:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:26 GMT]]>@ascii158 @cstross Could. I was thinking multiple clocks executing in synchrony would be more distressing, but both are worth trying.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415188601405918https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116415188601405918Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:13:01 GMT]]>@cstross I suspect this is legal grounds for justified manslaughter.

Or maybe even straight up murder.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.oevents.co.za/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116415029686421949https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.oevents.co.za/users/kaasbaas/statuses/116415029686421949Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:13:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:29:46 GMT]]>@jmax @cstross But probably all on the same face?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116414859624359221https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/ascii158/statuses/116414859624359221Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:29:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:03:52 GMT]]>@cstross @vasilis has some more beauties like this: https://vasilis.nl/clocks/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://idlethumbs.social/users/ysbreker/statuses/116414757756511757https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://idlethumbs.social/users/ysbreker/statuses/116414757756511757Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:03:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:52:31 GMT]]>@cstross timezones: like this. Several of the demonic things.

Amazon.com

favicon

(www.amazon.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116414713122400472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116414713122400472Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:52:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:47:26 GMT]]>@ddgulledge @cstross

It also should have a Vetinari Variable Tick cadence, just for some pure audio flair.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/helvick/statuses/116414693137558346https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/helvick/statuses/116414693137558346Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:47:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:47:19 GMT]]>@ddgulledge @cstross Thanks, I hate it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jsl/statuses/116414692658098297https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jsl/statuses/116414692658098297Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:47:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SCREAM: https://boat.horse/clock/index.html on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:46:51 GMT]]>@cstross
Just have French and UTC?

A strange clock.

If you shake an old mains clock, that uses a synchronous motor, as you power it up you can sometimes get it to go backwards.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116414690856679961https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116414690856679961Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:46:51 GMT