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fixer of clocks, cuttlefish enthusiest, derby girl.

[lanathema]

Blue prince clocks part 1

I've been (slowly) making my way through Blue prince, and I think I've found most if not all of the clocks in the house?

Some of them are decent, others are a little odd, and one or two boil my blood just slightly. there are way too many to go through all of them, so I'm just going to do one or two per post and see how that goes. First up! The entrance hall! no spoilers there, if you've even started the game once you've walked right past it.

First off, huge props for making it keep time properly, even in the accelerated passage of time the game operates in for game play convenience. Almost of not all of the Clocks in the game display the accurate in game time, which is more then I can say for a large number of other games I've looked at.

It has 2 weights, which are... very skinny, normally a clock of this size has weights double (or more) the diameter of these ones, even while full of lead or other particularly heavy metals. The weights don't move, but that makes sense game wise because you can spend you can spend however long you like in the mansion on each run and if they did they'd probably end up phasing through the floor.

(^^^^ an example of the skinniest weights I could find for this kind of movement)

Honestly the only Critique I can level at this one is that the pendulum seems to connect really low on the mechanism, on that rounded bit on the bottom. I've never seen something like that before and I have no idea how that would work with an anchor, but it does swing within an acceptable range of motion so honestly? pass on that bit. the house is eclectic enough as is, you're uncle, grandfather, or whoever coming up with a weird new movement is not the most far fetched idea.

Overall I'd give this clock a solid 8 out of 10, it functions, swings, and does the other things you'd expect of a clock. I only wonder how it gets would up between visits cause you can spend weeks if not months exploring the mansion, and it never runs out. Unless Simon lifts the weights himself, Somebody is sneaking about making sure all the clocks are working properly, and I salute whichever brave soul decided that was a good idea in the labyrinth every other clock is found in.

[headspace-hotel]

For your reading pleasure: an iNaturalist forum thread about how dandelion taxonomy is so fucked up that no researcher wants to even touch it

[yellbug]

FUCK EM UP SEDGE QUEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brightstarflower]

[byjove]

I couldn’t have lived in a time before they invented clocks because I’d be so stressed out about arriving way too late or way too early to actually go places

[yappotamus]

Ok but did it ever occur to you that before clocks you didn't have to arrive *exactly* at a time

[byjove]

no, I’d still feel if I was late or early

[byjove]

autistic wild west gunslinger who has been told the duel will occur at high noon, nervously glancing at the sky and loitering around in the town square for 2 hours because he is afraid of being late. the duel starts and he kills his adversary in 15 seconds.

[lanathema]

RE9 Watches

After watching a lets-play of RE9 and dissecting the clocks I wanted to also have a look at the watches, partially because it seemed like both main characters were wearing them. and look at the detail! it's practically an advertisement!

...turns out it is an advertisement, Hamilton made limited edition watches in promotion with the game for both Leon's chronograph and Grace's wristwatch.

which, while really cool (and bloody expensive), meant there is not a whole lot to dig into? the promotional website even has the exact movement models listed, so no real room for speculation. but then!

Sherry has a watch! and it's not promotional! and it looks interesting!? first off the crown placement. it's at the 4'oclock position rather then the typical 3'oclock, which is not very common! (this is her right wrist so 12 is facing downwards in the picture) Some watches, generally called "driver's watches" use a 2'oclock crown so they can be worn on the inside of the wrist without hampering mobility while driving. this was much more common before speedometers, when you had to time the distance between milestones to determine your current speed.

This one also rotated the face, but not all of the ones I found did. I can't seem to find any historic precedence for the 4'oclock crown, but it is a choice that persists to this day in some designs. it does make the watch slightly more compact, but otherwise seems to have no real advantage beyond "it's neat". (which, when selling watches, is sometimes all you need!) Now as for identifying the watch I swear I've worked on a citizen quartz watch with the exact same type of face, no numerals and a studded crystal for each of the 12, 3, 6, & 9 positions, but I can't find any pictures of it! I was however, able to fin this; a citizen automatic in the same shade of blue with a 4'oclock crown! (it even has the same seconds had!)

The band style is a little different, and this one has a date wheel on it, but other then that it is an eerily close match! A lot of movements that have date wheels also have models that do away with it, so it is quite possible that a variant of this watch exists with a simplified face floating around out there, waiting to join the other two watches from the game in a complete collection.

I never got a close enough look at Zeno's wrist to be sure if he had a watch or not, and Victor most certainly did not, so as far as I can tell these are the only 3 watches in the game.

Overall I'd give resident evil 9 a 8/10 on clocks and watches? it avoided a lot of the traditional pitfalls that befall clocks in games like immobile pendulums or improper hand placements. And even if it was an advertisement seeing a watch so well rendered is always a treat!

[lanathema]

The Clocks of Resident Evil 9

Ok so I started watching a play through of RE9 this weekend, and immediately noticed the mantle clock in the first area of the mansion and this all spiralled from there. (this goes on for a while under the cut)

100% a french mantle clock, but the size is a little off? It's maybe the size of a person's head, but the winding holes are really close together, on a fairly small face. This would not leave a lot of room for the springs to expand inside, unless the movement and internal workings are comically small.

this is a typical french mantle clock of as close to the same size as I could find and you can see the winding arbours are significantly further apart, and this is the example with the closest arbours I found. The same clock black mantle shows up in a few other places around the map, eventually being joined by this handsome little fellow;

who, despite its more fancy presentation, lacks any winding holes so unfortunately is probably some kind of battery operated quartz movement. (unless it's an electric time self-winder style, but I don't see anything else to indicate that, and those things are rare!) it could also theoretically wind up from behind, but the case design really makes it look like it's supposed to have a pendulum inside, and those don't like being shifted around every week just so you can wind it, so I doubt that's the case. Next up though was the grandfather clock in the east wing, which to my displeasure was never really on screen long enough to get a good picture:

it looks like it only has one weight, which which is not unheard of but more common in some wall clocks like railway or classroom clock. Without the other wights and systems this clock would be silent on the hours (no chimes nor bells) which is ideal for busy places where you don't want to add to the noise level. (makes perfect sense for the hallway then, especially if you have more then one around the building!)

The weird part about it though is the fact that pendulum seems to be in front of the weight?

Generally in longcase clocks like this the pendulum sits behind the movement (and therefore the weights) because otherwise it would interfere with the shafts that turn the hands.

There are *some* movements which manage to squeeze the pendulum in between the face and movement up front, but they're usually working with either offset escape wheels and/or curvy pendulums, neither of which seem to be the case from what I can see in this clock.

Both offset escape wheels and curved pendulums also generate big issues for the clock as you make bigger and heavier pendulums, which is why you tend not to see them in big clocks like this! it would risk losing/gaining time easily with temperature fluctuations, and would be much more susceptible to stopping itself altogether should some kind of small elephant sized individual rush past and cause undue vibrations in the process.

(this is an example of a curved pendulum, it's also a great example of how much room the springs in the first clock do not have, look at how far apart those winding arbours are!)

Anyway that's all I could find for the clocks, there was a really nice view of Leon's watch pretty early on as well so I might dive in on that one later too.

[trainwiz]

My brother made this comic and thought it should be shared.

[this-great-world]

Cuttlefish

[ouppygirlcity]

Lowkey base 10 kinda sucks but we're kinda stuck with it now

[foone]

What's your suggestion for an alternative? I'd love to read some Base 12 (or whatever) propaganda.

[lanathema]

Base 12 is vastly superior! there is a reason we use if for timekeeping, and that is because it can so easily be divided in thirds, quarters, and halves! (you know, the most common ways of dividing a number of objects in real life?) "oh but 10 figures" you can easily count to 12 on only one hand by pointing your thumb to each phalanx as you count, I tend to start from the inner part of the pointer and go finger by finger. we still use 12 counts for a lot of things, just because it works best. as bass ackwards as the imperial system of measurement is they certainly got 12 inches to a foot right, very easy to use. there are also a lot of numbers we use that would make just as much sense if not more in base 12 because they are multiples of 12 already. (because 12 is a very useful number!) 60 minutes to an hour, 360 degrees in a circle, 24 hours in a day, etc.

[dorkvania]

Cuddlebug at Portland Winter Lights Festival

[teaboot]

I hope you don’t mind that Im only answering this part of your question, but it was a lot to reflect on and unpack.

I think the best way I can describe it is like…. You know how when you do a puzzle, and most people start with the border and work their way inwards?

I think that most people are just the border of a puzzle.

I can look at a crowd and kind of guess whose finished picture is a landscape, or a bunch of balloons, or a classical painting. The colours and shapes give an impression that makes everybody a tiny bit different.

But then like… a LOT of people are puzzles of, say, a field of white flowers. And I can only see the border, so I have to think of like… which borders have more flowers or more grass, more grass or more sky, etc, and whatever is in the middle isn’t even put together yet.

But if someone’s border has, say, something fluorescent yellow in the top left- that makes them easier to differentiate from all the other field-of-white-flowers puzzles. I can remember that. And then later if the bottom half of the puzzle is covered, I can still see the big spot of neon yellow at the top, and remember that no other field-of-white-flowers have that.

And then like…. The more I see them, or the more unique features the have like tattoos or scars or birthmarks or whatever, unique proportions or deformities or injuries or gaits- the more pieces are filled in. So I can retain more parts of the picture in my head

So now instead of just being another border of a puzzle of a field of white flowers, YOU are a windmill in a field of white flowers, or a castle in á valley of white flowers, or a mix of white and red flowers.

And if I see someone often enough for long enough, I get so many pieces in their ten-thousand-piece puzzle that even with a few gaps, I still know exactly who they are, and can still pick them out of a crowd. Because I’ve filled in enough of the picture to know what it is

Like

Like. These aren’t literal. I can SEE your whole face in front of me. I could draw your portrait while I looked at you.

But until I’ve been in consistent contact with you over several years, the first two sketches are how you exist in my head

And from what I’ve heard from other people with face blindness, it’s not even the same for everyone

Does this make sense?

[feral-critter]

Yes geologists! Doing the important work 💖

[momolive]

Creative way of saving camels from getting run over

[dracogotgame]

my favourite things about this video:

1) the amount of time that went into considering this approach, which is a resounding 0.00 seconds

2) the baby's screm - yes it's sad bc the poor lil guy is scared but the way his yells for momma hitch with the guy's running have me lmao ngl

3) the guy either had the incredible good fortune or the foresight to put the baby between himself and momma so he could make a break for it. it was too quick. Too deliberate and almost instinctive. He has done this before.

4) the victory skips and turban twirling.

10/10 but please for the love of god there has to be a better way camels kick people to death

[vrabia]

i feel like we're ignoring an important scientific fact, which is that this guy grabbed, at the minimum, 35 kilograms of terrified baby camel and did a fucking 6-second olympic sprint while being chased by, wikipedia informs me, 300-540 kilograms of angry adult camel.

[silk-and-sword]

the human body is capable of amazing things when it notices that it just picked up something that half a ton worth of pissed off camel would very much like to have back

[komakesthings]

I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!

[lanathema]

I want this

[thenatsdorf]

Itchy snoot. 

[dumbtrannybitch]

The reason Joseph knew Mary didn't cheat on him is because he knew Mary was Trans and she was begging to god for Joseph to get her pregnant and god helped a bad bitch out

Mary was a trans woman

Share this to make Christians angry

[dumbtrannybitch]

I really should have made or reblogged this post around christmas to get some traction, my hope is that one day this gets screen capped to a christian group that has such a meltdown that they make the grave mistake of giving me enough attention that I can spread my evil messages

[vaspider]

In all sincerity, OP, there is a mishnah that the reason Sarah laughed when G-d told her she would have a child wasn't just bc of her age but bc she, Abraham, or both were intersex or trans. I've had it come up multiple times in Torah study. So, I mean, the idea exists in Judaism. You could be on to something.

[foone]

I've argued before that Jesus is trans, because his only biological parent was female, therefore he should have XX chromosomes. But I didn't realize this great angle: maybe Jesus isn't trans, because Mary was.

Brilliant. Five stars

[warmfuzzyanimal]

[commission]

cowboy cow... boy...? 🐮

[girlboss-apologist]

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