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mrgriscomβ€’about 4 hours ago
He should add these concept displays from Posy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA
mohsen1β€’about 3 hours 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
bsammonβ€’about 2 hours 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.
Retr0idβ€’about 2 hours 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.
bsammonβ€’9 minutes ago
I'm reminded of Chuck disabling a bomb by surfing to a malware-infested webpage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddtpyR6WIlY
gedyβ€’about 1 hour 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.
radeeyateβ€’about 3 hours 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!
Retr0idβ€’about 4 hours ago
Is there any physical hardware that uses the same segmentation scheme?

Edit: I now notice it mentions Spanish trains, although the link 404s

Timwiβ€’about 1 hour ago
The one that is labeled as β€œGerman” 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.
a_t48β€’about 2 hours ago
typing something like "3.141" results in 5 characters rather than 4. Boo!
bloqsβ€’about 3 hours ago
Great item. The 16 segment display is just so versatile
dangβ€’about 3 hours ago
We've used the title this post is given on https://aresluna.org/.

(Submitted title was "Not mine, but it's a website where you can use a segment display")