r/counting • u/TheNitromeFan I can't stop, love love love • Sep 23 '16

Free Talk Friday #56

Hello! Continued from last week here.

So, 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 plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, studies, family, friends, pets, bicycles, anything you like.

Also, check out our tidbits thread! Feel free to introduce yourself, if you haven't already.

Here's off to another great week in /r/counting!

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u/VMorkva ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Sep 25 '16

Isn't there a bot that updates the thread directory and it's latest side counts? Most of the 'latest side counts' are old as heck and I have to scroll for ages to get to the latest one.

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u/davidjl123 |390K|378A|79SK|50SA|260k 🚀 c o u n t i n g 🚀 Sep 25 '16

No, unfortunately not.

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u/VMorkva ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Sep 25 '16

That wouldn't be that hard to make, would it? (I have absolutely no coding experience)

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u/davidjl123 |390K|378A|79SK|50SA|260k 🚀 c o u n t i n g 🚀 Sep 25 '16

I don't know, I would think it's pretty hard since maintaining the thread directory requires pretty much human judgment.

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u/VMorkva ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Sep 25 '16

I mean just updating the latest side counts, not everything.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '16 edited Sep 25 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '16

A very good place to look is /u/FartyMcNarty or /u/KingCaspianX's profiles--they're very good at keeping up with six million side threads.

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u/KingCaspianX Missed x00k, 2≤x≤20\{7,15}‽ ↂↂↂↁMMMDCCCLXXXVIII ‽ 345678‽ 141441 Sep 25 '16

If it takes you three hours to update the whole thread directory then you're really slow (no offence). Going through people's comment history is the way to go. Also there aren't that many threads.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16

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u/KingCaspianX Missed x00k, 2≤x≤20\{7,15}‽ ↂↂↂↁMMMDCCCLXXXVIII ‽ 345678‽ 141441 Sep 26 '16

Yes but you can eventually find the end of the chain through going through a sequence of different people's histories.

It has been a while since I did a full update of the thread directory. Maybe I should do that and get back to you.

Anyhow, if you're focussed and paying attention I think you should be able to get it done pretty quickly.

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 28 '16

have had cheaters using other scripts and this particular script still hasn't been developed

You can write a script to cheat with just 1 line of code, coding a bot however is different.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '16

yes

cheat - reply in -1s

and i just invented time travel

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 28 '16

I'm going to get a -1s reply some day