It seems that of all the numbers (needed here), the symbol for 20 (𒎙) 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.
Okay, in the interim I have a shipped a fix for Android (seems fine on an iPhone emulation) that uses two tens like so "𒌋𒌋" (looks like <<) instead of one twenty "𒎙" (also looks like << but a bit tighter). This is definitely one of the weirdest patches [0] I've ever done—changing how an ancient language is displayed based on the specific type of incomprehensibly advanced technology it's being displayed on—but I guess that's what Sundays are for.
You'll need to install the `noto-fonts` package to get NotoSansCuneiform-Regular.ttf (amongst others)l I'd recommend also installing `noto-fonts-cjk` to enhance your web experience.
If you like weird clocks, I've got a collection of them here [0] which includes two others I've made—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)
Thank you! By all means, I'd love to see it. I actually have a programmable watch [0] that I want to put it on. And the ultimate goal is a non-screen-based hardware version of this.
Ooh wow! I've seen one of these in the Microsoft HQ in Seattle and saw a video about the pom pom one but didn't know it was the same guy. And there's so many! Thank you, this is great.
My little contribution to the online clock world is a Japanese Shaku Dokei that I made while I was researching them to add one to my physical collection. I ended up finding a nice Tokugawa shogunate clock from about 1750, which is very similar to the one I digitally created, though my digital one works a heck of a lot more reliably!
Nice to see the Mengenlehre clock in Berlin. Coincidentally, directly in the adjacent Europa-Center is also the clock of flowing time, which I found fascinating as a kid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_Flowing_Time
Germanic languages have special words up to 12. So I'm really surprised that the Babylonians didn't have a special symbol for 12. Something like that would have been really nice for a clock.
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.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 80.1 ms ] threadAnyone 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...
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[0] https://github.com/OisinMoran/OisinMoran.github.io/commit/15...
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.
Firefox 139.0.4 on Arch Linux
See bug report https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/366415133
Currently working on my first physical one!
[0] https://lynkmi.com/oisin/Clocks
https://github.com/BarkyTheDog/catclock
[0] https://watchy.sqfmi.com/
https://timebygone.com/
which is based on this
https://hackaday.io/project/177317-tuning-fork-clock
Suggestion: You can potentially show the Cuneiform time in the url.
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Babylonians/Sumerians invented base-60, and didn't have special characters for 10, 11 (and maybe 12)? Really?
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)