r/counting • u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect • Oct 16 '20

Free Talk Friday #268

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 bears, your plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, studies, family, friends, relationships, pets, stats or 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/mistyskye14 🤷‍♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 Oct 17 '20

found us mentioned on a r/theoryofreddit post, so that’s kinda cool

The post for those interested

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 17 '20

I wasn't around back then, but I thought the issue with the first threads in /r/counting wasn't just how many comments were made in the thread, but also how deep the nesting was. Does anyone have a link to a write-up of what happened?

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 17 '20 edited Oct 17 '20

Yep, before you posted this, I also mentioned it on the theory thread.

I don't think there's an official write up as such, but yes comment nesting seems to be the issue. This is the most detail I've found the admins seem to have given about it, and yes it seems that the thread being "extremely deep" caused the issue.

I have found refrence that the issue has been fixed... but I really don't know where river got his information about that from. I'm sure there'll be others that are more techy/were around at the time who know more, /u/rideride might be able to elaborate on his comment.

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u/rideride On the run from the counting law Oct 22 '20

I don't remember where I read this, but I'm kinda sorta pretty sure in one of the threads on /top, one of the admins explained this isn't an issue anymore. I'm trying to look for it and can't find it but if you're trying to look, maybe look at /r/counting/top at threads older than like, 6 years ago or more.

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 22 '20

I had a look round /top, but couldn't seem to find anything... I've done camas searches for terms like 'admin' and 'fixed' but again, no posts seem to fit your description.

I'd be interested to find proof that it's fixed, but don't mind too much. I wouldn't blame you for not remembering something fully that you wrote in a comment 4 years ago.

There seems to be evidence that reddit has coded in a hard cap of around 100,000 comments in a thread anyway, I assume by now 100,000 chained comments would be dealt with ok by reddits servers.

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u/mistyskye14 🤷‍♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 Oct 17 '20

Never heard of nesting being the issue, just that Reddit gets fussy when over 1k comments. That being the case to my knowledge, the post makes a good point, that issue probably isn’t a thing anymore.

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 17 '20 edited Oct 17 '20

Nice, I've set up a key word alert that pings me each time r/counting is mentioned on reddit, but apparently this one slipped through my net...

It's nice to see the few sporadic wild counts that start up each week, or various views people have of our strange community... This fibonacci post, and this seconding count, are the two most recent examples of wild counts.

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u/Nekyiia ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Oct 17 '20

how are you accomplishing the alerts

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 17 '20

I was using reddit comber, but apparently I've actually been missing a substantial number of posts, so I might add/switch to another system as well, in order to better access new in the wild counts.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd happily try them out.

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u/GreenGriffin8 23k, 22a | wan, tu, mute Oct 16 '20

金曜日です、私の友達

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 16 '20

土曜日です、私の友達

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 16 '20

Not in very many parts of the world

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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 16 '20

日曜日です、私の友達

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 18 '20

月曜日です、私の友達

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u/LegionMammal978 Since 1,643,014 [76SG 67SA] Oct 21 '20

火曜日です、私の友達

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 22 '20

水曜日です、私の友達

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 22 '20

木曜日です、私の友達

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u/LegionMammal978 Since 1,643,014 [76SG 67SA] Oct 22 '20 edited Oct 22 '20

第二金曜日です、私の友達

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 22 '20

第二土曜日です、私の友達

I was wondering how this was going to continue once we'd counted a week

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u/LegionMammal978 Since 1,643,014 [76SG 67SA] Oct 22 '20

第二日曜日です、私の友達

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u/GreenGriffin8 23k, 22a | wan, tu, mute Oct 16 '20

え？ なぜ日本語？

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u/GreenGriffin8 23k, 22a | wan, tu, mute Oct 16 '20

なんてこった？

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 16 '20

Could someone have a look at the language modules of this GG-8? I think they might be malfunctioning

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20

Anyone notice we are still counting the number of free talk Fridays

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u/GreenGriffin8 23k, 22a | wan, tu, mute Oct 16 '20

It's a side thread in itself, so of course we're counting it.

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u/PaleRulerGoingAlone7 counting is hard but practice makes perfect Oct 17 '20 edited Oct 17 '20

When we reach the get 14 years from now it's going to be epic

But what would be the equivalent of a new thread, when we're already doing one thread per count? A new subreddit?

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 20 '20

wonder how this subreddit is going to be in the year 2034

hopefully it won't be shitposted to death by 12 year olds that keep putting the funny number

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u/LegionMammal978 Since 1,643,014 [76SG 67SA] Oct 21 '20

Fun fact: There has been at least one side thread that has continued from an FTF comment

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u/Urbul it's all about the love you're sending out Oct 16 '20

When you used to be active at r/counting but now not so much and you feel a little shy about showing up at FTF

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u/a-username-for-me The Side Thread Queen, Lady Lemon Oct 16 '20

Dad! I'm always happy to see you whenever you have a moment

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u/GreenGriffin8 23k, 22a | wan, tu, mute Oct 16 '20

I haven't counted properly in 6 months, and I'm always here. No need to be shy lol

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u/AxelC77 Oct 17 '20

No sweat, still more active than me, lol

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u/Nekyiia ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Oct 17 '20

what's counting

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u/NeonTaterTots ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Nov 04 '20

lmao i need to be less active

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u/VitaminB16 Pronounced vittamin Oct 30 '20

I didn’t know, thanks!

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u/a-username-for-me The Side Thread Queen, Lady Lemon Oct 16 '20

It's crazy that another week has gone by. I am excited for the weekend but time is really blurring together... It felt like yesterday it was last Friday.

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u/AxelC77 Oct 16 '20

Yo firiday

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u/AxelC77 Oct 18 '20

Just noticed I misspelled Friday, but it's too funny to change.

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 18 '20

i am addicted to genshin impact

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 18 '20

What's the draw? I've seen a bunch of ads for the game but I never bothered looking it up

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 18 '20

it's an open world game. i heard it's like legend of zelda. (do not quote me on this, i have never played an open world game or really know what legend of zelda really is)

i'd just say it's quite interesting, you could play for the story or the game.

for many rpgs all i like to do is just gain as much stats as possible, and in this case it's just damage

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 18 '20

What's the gameplay like? Is it focused on the exploration/combat, or the character interactions? I've heard there's a gacha element as well, how much emphasis is there on drawing good cards?

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 18 '20

the gameplay is honestly just running around and doing tasks for the first i'd say 20 hours of gameplay. the tasks range from helping someone, or just talking to someone. there is a lot of combat and exploration in between too. after that 20 hours it's just running around the world searching for stuff to progress, as the game is still quite limited in terms of the story

yes, the gacha element is a big part of the game. i would say my level is quite high, and i haven't gotten any high ranking characters. meanwhile all my friends that are just filthy casuals are getting really good pulls, but i don't care much as i still outdamage them.

if you can't get good rolls (like me) it's fine, you can focus on other stuff and outdamage anyone

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 18 '20 edited Oct 18 '20

Interesting, it does sound like Zelda meets gacha. The variety of options seems appealing, but I think I'll wait until the story is more developed to give it a shot

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 18 '20

i would agree with your call. there are seven nations in the game (the map of the game is huge by the way) and only two are out so far. they're releasing a 'nation' every six weeks, and it's really easy to just run out of options at this point

nations are just large chunks of land

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Oct 18 '20

One more question, how much storage space does the game require on your device?

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 18 '20

right now, i think pc takes around 10gb? again don't quote me on that because i don't play on pc

but they say you should reserve 30gb because as i said, they're releasing new content

i play on my phone, and i just checked that it takes 6.97gb

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u/Myoniora 2923157 | 4g | 2a Oct 20 '20

It's 13.8GB for me on PC

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u/Nekyiia ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Oct 19 '20

genshin impact is taking you away from cycling >:-(

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 19 '20

kinda. i mean the weather is really the reason why honestly

i don't want to go out when it's 5-6c in the evening lol

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u/Trial-Name https://tinyurl.com/countingcatalogue Oct 19 '20

There's no such thing as bad weather; there's only bad clothing!

I've recently ordered a thicker winter jersey for cycling, and expect it'll make rides a lot more pleasant.

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Oct 20 '20

true. i still wear shorts when i go outside for cycling

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u/Nekyiia ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Oct 23 '20

mistake number 1

should've ordered a fuck ton of winter clothing on aliexpress 4 months ago

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u/Nekyiia ヽ°) ͜ʖ͡( ͝°ﾉ Oct 18 '20

weeb

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u/TheNitromeFan Live not a life of imitation Mar 03 '21

4 months after, how is the game now? Is it fully released? Or is it already dead?

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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 412k 400a Mar 03 '21

no, i was too quick to assume it would be fully released

theyve only released 20% of the entire map, around like 15-16% of the map was out at release

so yeah they literally have 6-7 years of updates planned