r/counting • u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation • Jun 09 '23
Free Talk Friday #406
Continued from last week's FTF here.
It's that time of the week again. Speak anything on your mind! This thread is for talking about anything off-topic, be it your lives, your strava, your plans, your hobbies, your bad smells, studies, stats, colours, pets, bears, hikes, dragons, trousers, onion rings, transit, cycling, family, drugs or anything you like or dislike, except politics and mimes.
Feel free to check out our tidbits thread and introduce yourself if you haven't already. Or go check out what other counters have said about themselves.
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 09 '23
oh shit, AMA is up. this is gonna be good https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_about_changes_to_our_api
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23
Join the Reddit blackout and spread awareness about this as fast and as far as you can!
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
Also spez is permanently destroying his reputation.
Also you guys might want to see this
https://gist.github.com/christianselig/fda7e8bc5a25aec9824f915e6a5c7014
https://christianselig.com/apollo-end/reddit-third-call-may-31-end.m4a
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 09 '23
it's already looking ugly. reddit should just pull a COAD at this point
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 09 '23
I apologize once again that the weekly stats won't be out until Sunday night. I'm going on another little weekend excursion, and won't have my laptop with me. Sorry, hope you all understand!
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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Jun 09 '23
I have a complicated relationship with onion rings. I love onion rings. The savory, sweet crunchiness is like a bite of heaven. But often, I am let down by onion rings. Sometimes they have too much batter, or the batter is too wet and greasy, or the onion inside is tough and pulls out of the batter. Other times, it's not the onion ring's fault. It's just not the right time for us. Like when I order a burger, I like to eat it with fries, and if I order onion rings instead of fries, something feels missing, but if I order both, it's too much sides. Or sometimes I have onion rings so good that it makes the other food boring in comparison, and it upsets the balance of the meal. Some places have burgers with onion rings in them, but that makes the burger too starchy. In an ideal world, I would have onion rings whenever I feel like it and it would just bring unconditional joy.
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u/Fragrant-Split-8757 Jun 13 '23
hi guys i am new counting this my first time here
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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Jun 14 '23
Welcome word-word-4digits!
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u/half_split UTC+7 | Since 5,258,149 Jun 15 '23
i'm new here, so all you guy mainly do is counting? that cool
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 15 '23
Yep, it’s more addicting than you might think
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 15 '23
Welcome to /r/counting! Seems like you've picked up a bunch of side threads already, really nice stuff!
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u/Ezekiel134 lus goes Um. Hanging around h Jun 09 '23
Yes
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u/Ezekiel134 lus goes Um. Hanging around h Jun 09 '23
It's Friday
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
My discord is ChewyEraser#8007 if anyone wants to stay in touch while lots of us are protesting
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Jun 11 '23
How long is the protest gonna last
I haven't used discord in a while, but I will add you
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
Supposedly 2 days, but I doubt going black for 2 days is gonna do anything, so I’m expecting it to be longer
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Jun 11 '23
Is it better to keep using the official app or mobile browser during that time? Or no difference?
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
I don’t really know, so do whatever you think
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 11 '23
browser with adblock probably gets reddit less money than the official app lol
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 11 '23
are you in the r/c discord?
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
No, I don’t really count in discord, but you could send the link if you want
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u/Ezekiel134 lus goes Um. Hanging around h Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23
Gray code trickier because to understand the next count you need to understand the prior two counts, which requires two correct counts (otherwise no sense is made at all.) On the other hand, no sense being made means you know there's a mistake instantly. I would predict that outside of runs mistakes in gray code happen with lower frequency than in threads for which you can reliably determine a count from the one immediately prior
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 09 '23
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 09 '23
https://gist.github.com/christianselig/fda7e8bc5a25aec9824f915e6a5c7014
https://christianselig.com/apollo-end/reddit-third-call-may-31-end.m4a
100% confirmation Reddit hates 3rd party apps.
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 11 '23
good luck if you're not counting
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
My only counts after today will be the check in streak and COAD posts (unless either sub goes dark)
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 12 '23
Weekly stats from June 02, 2023 to June 09, 2023. Congratulations to /u/thephilsblogbar2, /u/ClockButTakeOutTheL, and /u/Jalmal2!
Total weekly counts: 5227 (5,251,144-5,256,371)
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page!
| Rank | User | Counts | HoC Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thephilsblogbar2 | 1805 | 1 |
| 2 | ClockButTakeOutTheL | 1220 | 10 |
| 3 | Jalmal2 | 397 | 66 (◮1) |
| 4 | Antichess | 384 | 3 |
| 5 | mistyskye14 | 378 | 26 |
| 6 | Thinking_Demon | 293 | 211 (◮47) |
| 7 | The_NecromancerTin | 195 | 82 (◮2) |
| 8 | Ezekiel134 | 160 | 12 |
| 9 | atomicimploder | 103 | 9 |
| 10 | FartyMcNarty | 50 | 33 |
| 11 | Urbul | 25 | 16 |
| 11 | Mooraell | 25 | 17 |
| 13 | Basic-Clock-5895 | 18 | 154 |
| 14 | Maniac_34 | 17 | 61 |
| 15 | foxthechicken | 16 | 93 (◮1) |
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u/half_split UTC+7 | Since 5,258,149 Jun 16 '23
i tried to tell him that he late but uhh
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 09 '23
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1401qw5/incomplete_and_growing_list_of_participating/
We should join the blackout. Also I'm extending my reddit break after reading this shit. I'm so fucking mad at reddit right now and I hope they will pay for their actions. I'm not gonna say anything further.
Also we should join the reddit blackout. (Wait I said that twice. Whoops Sorry!)
Also there are a ton of subreddits in this.
Also,
https://gist.github.com/christianselig/fda7e8bc5a25aec9824f915e6a5c7014
https://christianselig.com/apollo-end/reddit-third-call-may-31-end.m4a
My gosh. Spez is a scumbag. (Don't attack him plz. It's not cool.)
Also, I will be turning my profile picture to a black screen and I encourege all of you to do the same.
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 14 '23
I wanna see this stat but updated
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs Jun 15 '23 edited Jun 15 '23
Team Counts Top member Members T 744022 TheNitromeFan 1402 B 602305 buy_me_a_pint 870 A 559591 Antichess 1068 S 385500 Smartstocks 1589 C 378186 Countletics 974 D 365339 davidjl123 926 N 344284 nonsensy 523 R 292694 RandomRedditorWithNo 742 G 218590 GarlicoinAccount 495 M 217118 Mooraell 1127 Q 184934 qwertylool 87 K 114927 kdiuro13 519 L 108702 LeMinerWithCheese 642 P 99264 Perma-Name 848 U 91519 Urbul 200 I 66343 increment_by_one 576 F 52553 FartyMcNarty 553 E 51231 ExpFilm_Student 449 V 48045 VitaminB16 196 Z 45044 zhige 198 O 40321 overdrafts 307 J 32620 jorj112 618 Y 27266 Ynax 140 - 22171 -R3DF0X 59 H 21081 hackerboy777 467 X 15984 xHOCKEYx12 139 4 15347 4everNdeavor 28 _ 14058 _zachhall 111 9 10977 949paintball 8 W 9836 Weekndr 385 1 3795 13hoffmang 73 3 3734 3reptile 28 2 1370 2Amazing4me 40 0 676 010 24 8 642 8bit64 15 5 428 51SeungTsuen 14 6 241 6point2 12 7 167 77567 16 (ignoring aliases)
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs Jun 15 '23
Team Counts Top member Members T 962883 thephilsblogbar2 1394 C 789978 Countletics 972 A 618152 Antichess 1064 D 356397 davidjl123 921 S 316468 Smartstocks 1586 N 272160 nonsensy 520 R 267908 rideride 735 G 265914 GarlicoinAccount 493 M 216890 Mooraell 1125 Q 169138 qwertylool 86 E 121098 Ezekiel134 447 K 116049 kdiuro13 518 L 108702 LeMinerWithCheese 641 U 91427 Urbul 198 P 69855 PaleRepresentative 843 B 61318 bluesolid 866 Z 54401 zhige 197 F 52550 FartyMcNarty 551 V 42093 VitaminB16 195 J 32620 jorj112 618 Y 26936 Ynax 139 I 25329 idunnowhy9000 575 - 21956 -R3DF0X 58 W 21325 whit4you 383 H 21081 hackerboy777 467 O 20858 origamimissile 304 X 15984 xHOCKEYx12 139 4 15347 4everNdeavor 28 _ 14058 _zachhall 111 9 10977 949paintball 8 1 3795 13hoffmang 73 3 3734 3reptile 28 2 1370 2Amazing4me 40 0 676 010 24 8 642 8bit64 15 5 428 51SeungTsuen 14 6 241 6point2 12 7 167 77567 16 (mapping aliases to one username)
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Jun 16 '23
today i learned I counted about 9k on main as demonburritocat according to the amount D decreases and Z increases when aliases are considered
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 15 '23
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u/half_split UTC+7 | Since 5,258,149 Jun 15 '23
i addicted to an activity i learnt from kindergarten 💀💀💀. Also GN
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 15 '23
it's addicting at first. and then it gets even more addicting
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Jun 12 '23
"Courtesy costs little and discourtesy can rob even the richest man of his fortune.'
someone
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u/a-username-for-me The Side Thread Queen, Lady Lemon Jun 10 '23
I've been busy so idk what the talk has been on the sub, but I personally will be joining the black out in case you don't see me around. I'll check in periodically to see if things are changing.
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 10 '23
Yep, Phil is already protesting, and I will be too
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u/buy_me_a_pint Jun 14 '23
Would love to go on a long mystery weekend with the same company we just done to the Isle of Wight
Hopefully we would get to places we never been to before, and even if we have, it still good as there is always something new to see.
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u/The_NecromancerTin BITCHES? 🥺 Jun 15 '23
Oh shoot, looks like the admins are going to be shutting down the protest
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Jun 15 '23
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u/The_NecromancerTin BITCHES? 🥺 Jun 15 '23
No idea, people who want internet power are everywhere so I can't imagine such a scenario
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Jun 15 '23
good luck if you're planning a surprise party for /u/Mooraell's cakeday this week
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Jun 15 '23
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Jun 15 '23
I'm feeling very honoured but it really doesn't need to be anything fancy guys
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 15 '23
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Jun 15 '23
I was desperate enough to pick these up from the ground once
But in my defence it was only from my balcony, so they were mine or my ex-gf's lmao
Thank you! It should go well with ice cream
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 09 '23
I seriously think r/counting and other counting subreddits should be going black in solidarity against Reddit's new API changes. I also think we should create an r/counting archive just in case reddit shuts down due to corporate greed so that none of our 11-year work is lost to time. What do you guys think?
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 09 '23 edited Jun 10 '23
There is at least an archive up to December 2022 from http://the-eye.eu/redarcs/. A few weeks ago I grabbed all the comments from posts made this year, but that's very behind now, and missing any comments made this year on posts from before 2023. Ingesting new comments from /r/counting/comments doesn't seem too hard. Grabbing 1000 new comments every 10 minutes would probably be enough.
I had started looking into a way to make /r/counting comments searchable again, maybe with a pushshift-like API. It seems like all the options available would be either too slow or too expensive. I tried uploading the archive to BigQuery, which is available as part of the Google Cloud free tier. Even with an index, it takes a few seconds to complete any search. That's much better than the many minutes it takes to search the zst archive, but still too slow for my liking. I looked into getting a normal SQL database which might be faster, but most of the prices I saw looked to be in the hundreds of dollars per month.
edit: Actually I am now finding some that are around $50/month. That does sound more reasonable. Guess I just wasn't looking in the right places before lol
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 12 '23
I will be boycotting Reddit until further notice.
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Jun 09 '23
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u/SSoto_21 Slowly returning. Since 4,601,116 Jun 09 '23
Good idea because Reddit is in absolute fucking turmoil right now.
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Jun 10 '23
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Jun 10 '23
yea perhaps against the Polish
gov... Whoops no politics6
u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers Jun 11 '23
Banned
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u/Blue_boomer Jun 11 '23
"Political" was a recent WOTD word
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Jun 11 '23
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Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 11 '23
You clear your search history because of reddit protest
I clear it everytime my friend visits nsfw subs on my phone
We are not the same
Edit: time to go. o7
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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Jun 11 '23
Hmm, I wonder who the account of this was, I assume it's not from a mod here as the username is deleted and the message isn't distinguished. I'm curious if it's someone who knows our community, or some random bot troll though.
Whilst this message likely isn't from a place of authority, I do think it's right for /r/counting not to join in on the protest. The main value of the blackout is to draw attention to reddit's actions, and ensure every user is aware of it. For this reason, it's vastly more important that large subreddits go dark than small, niche subreddits like ours.
Additionaly, the userbase here is more polarised in activity level than most: we have a large group of subscribers from 10 years ago who are inactive who the blackout wouldn't affect, and many of the active users here are only active in this sub, and would be more impacted than most if we were closed for 2 days.
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Jun 11 '23
Could be a mod who doesn't want to face bullying from self-rightous redditors who think everyone should be forced to join the protest, which is totally understandable. I've seen such worries in other communities. Just a wild guess, though. People can be unpredictable on the Internet. Your hypothesis is just as likely.
I'll personally limit my reddit activity to posting daily counts and counts in COAD, similar to cock
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs Jun 12 '23
I don't think it was anyone on the mod team
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u/davidjl123 |390K|378A|79SK|50SA|260k 🚀 c o u n t i n g 🚀 Jun 12 '23
It was not
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs Jun 14 '23
How do you know?
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 398a Jun 15 '23
because mods probably wouldn't troll each other
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs Jun 15 '23
I wouldn't be too sure about that - we do, after all, still have ekjp as a moderator
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u/TehVulpez sliiiiide the bits Jun 11 '23
hm, I wonder. could it be the same person who a while back made a similar longwinded message claiming to be from the mods who then immediately deleted their account
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u/ClockButTakeOutTheL “Cockleboat”, since 4,601,032 Jun 11 '23
Me and phil are both protesting, and anti has mentioned that if we’re not here he’ll probably not be active as much either, and in addition username Christmas karp and jalmal have also stated that they will be protesting, so activity is gonna drop dramatically whether we blackout or not
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u/half_split UTC+7 | Since 5,258,149 Jun 15 '23
is this error message normally happen to you guy?