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Pretty cool! Although it's not obvious, without reading, that the issue falls at clock-bottom, which is counter to analog clock convention, both for 12 hour and 24 hour clocks. I would encourage some coloring, shading, or a larger mark.

Logically, reaching for a justification, an explanation, sure, it's reasonable that the MSB flips halfway around, but again it differs from the analog clock reading conventions.

v2 (+/v2.html) which he posted on another thread, does make it clearer

https://retr0.id/stuff/2038/v2.html

Other thread of his blog domain

https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/unix-clock.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37492371

The color separation is also a bit large, mainly 2-3 and 3-4, while 1-2 are similar but distinct.



'Straight down' is how the UK gameshow 'Countdown' finishes its iconic period, perhaps this is an influence.


Not obvious indeed, but after some thought it actually feels natural to have INT32_MIN (a negative number) at the bottom.




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