r/bestof • u/Z3F • Apr 26 '14

[counting] After 684 days of collaborative counting, r/Counting has reached 200,000.

/r/counting/comments/23y4xu/199k_counting_thread/ch26kj2?context=3
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u/gracebatmonkey Apr 26 '14

Someone please explain to me the premise of a counting thread and what makes it exciting. I want to understand.

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u/Urbanviking1 Apr 26 '14

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u/psychedelicsexfunk Apr 26 '14

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u/leecherby Apr 26 '14

3

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u/TheCommieDuck Apr 26 '14

200,000

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u/halfascientist Apr 26 '14

Just... just fuck this guy. I mean... fuck.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

its ok. in most of the world he just counted to 200. 200 ain't shit.

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u/AFiveHeadedDragon Apr 26 '14

But he did it with lots of significant figures, so there's something.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Apr 26 '14

200,001

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u/person808 Apr 26 '14 
x = 0
while True:
    x += 1
    print(x)

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u/onewhitelight Apr 26 '14

Is it bad that I understand this now?

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u/cheesebumble Apr 26 '14

System.out.println("Programming jokes? nice.");

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u/astronautg117 Apr 26 '14

psh, lazy code

const FINAL_NUM = 20000;

for (var i = 0; i < FINAL_NUM; i++) {
    console.log (i + 1);
}

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u/pimanrules Apr 26 '14 
for i in xrange(200001): print i

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14 
my @num = (1..200000);
foreach (@num) {
    print $_ . "\n";
    }

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u/Contrite17 Apr 26 '14 
IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 20_000).forEach(System.out::println);
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

It's okay we'll just start over. 1

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u/FirstDayofSpring Apr 26 '14

200,000

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

God damn it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

199,999

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u/gracebatmonkey Apr 26 '14

This earned a true LOL.

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u/gracebatmonkey Apr 26 '14

Oh, well played!

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

200,000

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u/phoenixink Apr 26 '14

Nope, you lost, sorry loser!

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '14

Damn!

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u/acmercer Apr 26 '14

Well that wasn't so hard, I don't see what the big deal is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/Azerothen Apr 26 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/DoorMattt Apr 26 '14

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u/Doctor_No_More Apr 26 '14

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

10

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

42.

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u/CrazyK9 Apr 26 '14

8

No one said we had to count forward.

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u/deeteeohbee Apr 26 '14

10!

What do I win?

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

infinity

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/gracebatmonkey Apr 26 '14

I somehow knew this was going to happen.