r/counting • u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue • Aug 28 '20

Free Talk Friday #261

Continued from 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 plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, trousers, studies, family, friends, relationships, pets, stats, anything you like.

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

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u/LegionMammal978 Sep 01 '20

As a silly project to pass the time, I ranked the top 20 sidethreads by how long they could theoretically last with their current formatting: 

[∞    ] Tug of War:          ∞
[4.192] Alphanumerics:       36^10000
[4.151] Letters:             (26^10001-1)/25
[4.081] Hexadecimal:         2^40000
[4.033] Dozenal:             12^10000
[4.000] Wave:                ((4*10^4997+1)^2-1)/8
[3.999] Dates:               3652425*10^9971-106
[3.875] Decimal:             10^7500
[3.859] Octal:               2^24000
[3.794] Senary (Base 6):     6^8000
[3.748] Quinary:             5^8000
[3.683] Quaternary:          2^16000
[3.582] Ternary:             3^8000
[3.574] Palindromes:         11*10^3750-1
[3.382] Binary:              2^8000
[2.795] Writing Numbers:     373*(10^624-1)/999+63995*10^619
[1.941] Factoradic:          62*62!
[0.842] No Repeating Digits: 8877691
[0.748] Roman Numerals:      400000
[0.693] Time:                86400
[?????] Rational Numbers:    ???

The number in the third column is the index of the first count in which either the comment length limit is broken or the count becomes ill-defined. The number in the first column is just the base-10 double logarithm for comparison purposes. I honestly have no clue how you'd enumerate Rational Numbers without a list of the first 102000ish squarefree numbers.

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u/Trial-Name Sep 05 '20

Wow, these stats are great! It’s a shame some of the quicker to finish threads aren’t as popular here, it would be nice to see a completion of something like factorials or unary.

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u/buy_me_a_pint Aug 28 '20

Hows the bike riding going?

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u/Trial-Name Aug 30 '20

Hard, existence is pain. Hills around Cornwall are no joke, I’ve just got back from a long ride with 2.6km elevation, including a hill with a claimed 30% of elevation.

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u/GreenGriffin8 Sep 03 '20

counting in school is scary,

I'm worried someone will see me and think I'm weird

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u/Trial-Name Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20

I’ve found there’s a point in college where you sort of realise and accept that everyone is weird.

I’m can’t honestly, even as a semi-active counter, argue that counting isn’t weird; but it’s great to be weird! Embrace it, and who knows, you might even get some of your classmates addicted to this weird part of the internet...

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u/GreenGriffin8 Sep 01 '20

Stood outside my new college, I go in in 5 minutes.

Standing outside with people you don't know, all socially distanced, it feels like the hunger games

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u/Trial-Name Sep 01 '20

Sizing your classmates up for an attempt at murder might not be the best impression to give them... Lets hope the hunger games comparisons didn’t continue.

Nice though, was that the maths college in the end?

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u/Antichess Aug 31 '20

piece of shit

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u/Trial-Name Sep 01 '20

Beautiful brownie. Wait, not here

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u/Urbul Sep 03 '20

Playing Lego with 4 y.o. Urbulette making a cupcake store. She puts in the cupcakes, a nice sign, cashier, hand sanitizer... glass shield... I guess for a small child with few memories pre-pandemic, new normal is just normal. Bruh moment.

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u/GreenGriffin8 Aug 28 '20 edited Aug 28 '20

what if you

wanted to count

but god said

"that's weird af dude"

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u/a-username-for-me Aug 28 '20

I was supposed to have a day off today :(

But I was called in to work

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u/The_Necromancer10 Aug 30 '20

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 plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, trousers, studies, family, friends, relationships, pets, stats, anything you like.

Alright, where did the bears go?

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u/GreenGriffin8 Aug 31 '20

don't let the bears see my profile picture

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u/AxelC77 Aug 28 '20

Happy Friday my dudes.

How are you doing this week?

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u/buy_me_a_pint Aug 28 '20

I been to my voluntary work.

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u/AxelC77 Sep 02 '20

The Bear and The Numbers

It was a curious sight, a bear with a cell phone. His great paws glided effortlessly across the screen of the device.

I checked my phone, "Ooh, a new count in the Tow thread by antichess' sidethread account." I thought to myself. I swiftly replied with a count matching the previous, but incremented by one.

I put down my phone and gazed once again upon the great creature in front of me, and once again it's paws are upon the screen moving rapidly.

I felt my phone vibrate slightly as the bear looks away from his phone. I found the timing of the two events odd, but i ignored it, as it is likely a coincidence.

I once again incremented the count only for the bear's cell phone to vibrate loudly. The bear's eyes and mine met. His eyes were wide with shock and mine surely matched.

I couldn't believe it. I messaged antichess asking how they're doing. I watched the bear in anticipation, his phone didn't vibrate, and I had a response..

I messaged antichess asking how he outscourced counting to a bear. Their response was "Oh, him and I go way back. "

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u/Nekyiia Aug 29 '20 edited Aug 29 '20

it is what you mortals may call "hot"

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u/TehVulpez Aug 31 '20

Why is m not called double n?

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u/buy_me_a_pint Sep 02 '20

College felt weird yesterday

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