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HTML Segmented type appreciation corner (2018)
a_t48 wrote 22 hours 43 min ago:
typing something like "3.141" results in 5 characters rather than 4.
Boo!
radeeyate wrote 23 hours 58 min ago:
I've been looking for something exactly like this, actually! I'm making
a hardware device that is a habit tracker, and the screen will be a few
7 segment displays. Being able to simulate the displays like this is
very nice. Also very cool that it displays whatever you type in!
unexpectedVCR wrote 20 hours 45 min ago:
Yeah, and you can even customize whatever segments the display is
showing, even if they're not Basic Latin alphabet or numerals. It's
not my website, I posted it to HN because it's something of interest
to technology.
dang wrote 1 day ago:
We've used the title this post is given on [1] .
(Submitted title was "Not mine, but it's a website where you can use a
segment display")
HTML [1]: https://aresluna.org/
unexpectedVCR wrote 20 hours 44 min ago:
Thanks for changing the title, though.
mohsen1 wrote 1 day ago:
Oh man, making a 7-segment display was my favorite question to ask
frontend developers. Eventually turning it into a real clock if they
were fast enough. Captures lots of basic CSS positioning, JS timers
behavior and general ideas like breaking things into components etc
gedy wrote 22 hours 0 min ago:
Man where were you at when I was getting asked questions "to see if
you've prepared for the interview" with leet code for damned UI
frontend positions... I loved answering your type of questions and
most companies would not do this for some reason.
mohsen1 wrote 14 hours 37 min ago:
I hate leetcode type questions. It's like "math Olympia" questions
I had to deal with as a kid. Either you have seen the problem (or a
variation of it) or there is no way of coming up with a solution
under pressure.
bsammon wrote 23 hours 21 min ago:
I'm guessing when you say "ask frontend developers" you mean "at job
interviews". But I like to think you mean something like "at
cocktail parties" or other social situations.
Retr0id wrote 23 hours 17 min ago:
I'm choosing to imagine a bomb-defusal movie scene, where the
protagonist must correct the layout of the countdown timer to save
the day.
bsammon wrote 21 hours 15 min ago:
I'm reminded of Chuck disabling a bomb by surfing to a
malware-infested webpage:
HTML [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddtpyR6WIlY
bloqs wrote 1 day ago:
Great item. The 16 segment display is just so versatile
mrgriscom wrote 1 day ago:
He should add these concept displays from Posy
HTML [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA
Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
Is there any physical hardware that uses the same segmentation scheme?
Edit: I now notice it mentions Spanish trains, although the link 404s
matheusmoreira wrote 15 hours 3 min ago:
Sensor Watch project gets a lot of mileage out of the Casio F-91W
display. People have implemented Chrome's jumping dinosaur game on
it. At some point they made a custom LCD that's even more capable.
Timwi wrote 22 hours 8 min ago:
The one that is labeled as âGermanâ is similar to, but noticeably
different from, the hardware display actually in use on Berlin
underground trains. The real one has proper descenders, and also has
narrow i/t/l and wider m/w (that is, it's not monospace). Alas, the
provided link 404s as well.
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