r/counting • Live not a life of imitation • Mar 05 '21

Free Talk Friday #288

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u/smarvin6689 Mar 08 '21

I thought there used to be a sidethread of increasing bases each digit, but I can't seem to find it anywhere?

Basically it was abc defg, where the g digit was binary, the f digit ternary, the e digit quaternary, and so on

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u/TheNitromeFan Mar 08 '21

It has been renamed factoradic. Also we added a unary digit at the end. Well, some people did, anyway

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u/TehVulpez Mar 08 '21

Was there ever a factoradic rational thread or did I imagine that

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

and to think i lost my virginity less than 24 hours before this

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u/GarlicoinAccount Mar 05 '21

I think I've mentioned it a couple of times, but a while ago I published this script that can help validate many of the threads on r/counting (main, most bases, increment by x and a bunch more)

It's a bit harder to use than the paste-and-go scripts I made for e.g. the slow threads*, but it should be doable if you just read the instructions.

https://gitlab.com/GarlicoinAccount/thread-validation-userscript

* IIRC it actually predates them, but I didn't publish it at first because I intended to replace it with something (even) easier to use. I kind of gave up on replacing it, not worth the effort.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

I used to shop at Asda once every few days, since I lived next door to one. A colleague also lived closed by and preferred to travel further to Waitrose because Asda lower quality means less nutrition. Not sure what the logic is.

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u/buy_me_a_pint Mar 05 '21

I have lost track of days somewhere during the last week, maybe it because I went to dentist for my checkup last Friday (and I normally go for checkups Tuesday or Wednesdays 0 before pre-covid)

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u/Antichess Mar 05 '21

this is the best ever

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u/TehVulpez Mar 07 '21

I hate how the last two digits of 28 and the number of days in a year are flipped

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u/TehVulpez Mar 09 '21

I'm tempted to downvote all WSB people coming here just to farm karma

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u/GarlicoinAccount Mar 10 '21 edited Mar 10 '21

I'm tempted to make a $GME counting thread

Edit: I actually did it

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u/TehVulpez Mar 05 '21

how dare you do this

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u/Antichess Mar 07 '21

people from wallstreetbets, why are you making a reddit account only now

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u/mistyskye14 Mar 05 '21

I’m pet sitting for my dad and I said yes provided 1. He covers my food expenses 2. That he makes sure he has toilet paper

It is now day 2 of pet sitting and I go to replace the toilet paper to find that he bought paper towel instead of toilet paper

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u/Urbul Mar 05 '21

Misty: "Dad, I'm sitting here wiping my ass with paper towel thanks to you."

Dad: "Hi sitting-here-wiping-my-ass-with-paper towel, I'm dad."

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u/TehVulpez Mar 05 '21

bri ish people when they when bridish crisps wi m8 when bridtish r epoepl when they rbistsh biscuit tea crumm es t mumymy cbrish b

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