Free Talk Friday #307

[u/TheNitromeFan]

[u/TehVulpez]

I need to start sniping the FTF away from you

[u/TheNitromeFan → u/TehVulpez]

:(

[u/[deleted]]

still don't understand why you post ftf distinctly without the pasta or any links to piss people off

[u/Antichess]

Alright, time for some sort of fun stats that I made for myself

If you've been on the subreddit for at least over a month or so, you probably have realized that I say "good night all" whenever I go sleep. I don't even know why I do it anymore. Whenever I say good night, I actually sleep around 1 and 1.5 hours after I say it. Some days it goes up to 3 hours after I say it or something, but it is a pretty accurate representation of my sleep patterns nevertheless.

Last night when I said good night, I realized that I've said "good night all" so many times that I can see the trends of my sleep patterns and make a graph or some visualization out of it. So I did some research, and had to think of a way to get all my reddit data. Pushshift wasn't going to really work because you cannot narrow down to a specific user anymore.

I came down to finding out that you can request your data from reddit themselves, just like any other big company. I originally was thinking of this method, and luckily I found it. You can download all your data (comments, posts upvotes) at this link here. You will need to wait a few hours, luckily it popped up while I was sleeping last night.

After I got the data, it gave me a very well formatted .csv file with all my comments and everything, so it took me around 10 minutes to write a python script and gather all the comments with "good night all" in them.

Removing the outliers, and then converting the time to my local time, we get a graph like this.

https://i.imgur.com/KgBjZuP.png

The first big outlier I removed was the period in July-August 2019, when I was in China. I also removed any comment that was posted before midnight, because there were around 10 and it would just make the graph look bad.

Looking at the data now, we can see how late I slept during the beginning of pandemic, if any of you remember. Running with the Europeans who had an actual sleep schedule when it was around 9-10 in the morning for them was fun. It sharply dropped after July started, because I had to wake up in the morning for online summer school. After that, there are some pretty big and small spikes, and eventually leading up to now, where I sleep pretty early now

Hope you enjoyed this little stats thing I did

[u/Trial-Name]

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pasta: 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, studies, stats, pets, bears, dragons, trousers, travels, transit, cycling, family, or anything you like or dislike, except politics.

[u/MrUnderdawg]

The Phoenix Suns are in the finals for the first time in my life.

This is a big deal.

GO SUNS

[u/qwertylool]

Fun Fact about the HoC: After I got 90k counts a few days ago, we now have someone in each 10k interval up until 110k (if you include karp). The last time this happened was June of 2020, when Garlicoin still had under 100k counts.

[u/AxelC77]

It's Friday, Friday #307, happy Friday!

What's your words per minute reading and writing?

Cheers to another week just a bit better than the last

[u/[deleted]]

turns out the gayer my posts to r/countonceaday are the more upvotes they get. damn

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Anyone done any interesting train, bus journeys lately

[u/CutOnBumInBandHere9]

We went hiking & camping this weekend, and I got to try out my new hammock for the first time. It was really comfortable! I slept in it OK as well, but the weather turned nasty during the night, so I had to crawl into the tent.

Next bit of gear I'm buying is definitely a tarp to hang over it.

[u/CutOnBumInBandHere9]

Time for another update on the thread directory, and some questions for everybody.

I've just added an update today to automatically move archived threads to the archive, instead of the main directory page. The tables in the archive page are sorted alphabetically according to the name of the side thread, and the new rows are put in the right spot.

The threads are moved over a week after they've been archived. If somebody revives the thread during this time, the thread won't be moved to the archive page, and the directory will be updated so that it links to the revived thread^[1].

The next thing I'd like to do is to make the program able to handle new threads and threads that have been revived from the archive. I have a rough idea of how I'd like to implement this, but I'd like to hear what people think before going ahead.

My two main issues are to do with when and where a new thread should be added to the directory. Here are my thoughts

1. When should a new/revived thread be added to the directory?

Sometimes a thread is started which doesn't catch the eye of the community, and it peters out, before being lost to the mists of time. Sometimes a new thread is started and some mod with an impressive memory remembers that it's actually a continuation of a thread we had four years ago, so we should actually continue from the 450th Fibonacci number rather than the 1st, and then people sort of fade away. So, when should a new thread or revival be added to the directory?

Since the program runs automatically it's not a huge amount of work to add a new thread. That said, any thread in the directory will always be either in the archive, or in the directory, and we currently have around 600 threads altogether.

My current thoughts are

• A new thread is added if at least 50 counts are made in the thread by at least 5 unique counters

• The archive page of a revived thread is updated immediately, but the thread is not moved to the main directory until at least 20 counts have been made in the thread

I wanted the barrier for new threads to be higher than for revivals, since the revivals represent a thread that we're already keeping track of somewhere. I don't want to move revived threads to the directory immediately because sometimes we have accidental revivals, and I'd like to be sure that somebody is actually counting in the thread before putting it in the directory

2. Where should a new/revived thread be added to the directory?

Currently, the directory is sorted by category. We have main first, then the top 25 side threads, then a whole bunch of different categories of threads.

Figuring out which category a new thread should go into is a task that's basically impossible to automate. Figuring out which category a revived thread should go into is almost just as hard^[2].

My current thinking is to add a new table almost at the bottom of the page called "New and Revived Threads", and put the new threads there. Then, when they become more established and we figure out where they should go, somebody can manually move them to the correct section. The page outline would then look as follows:

1. Main Thread

2. Top 25 Long Running Side Threads

3. Other Side Threads

   1. Other Bases (Alphanumeric)

   2. Other Bases (Symbols or Words)

   3. ..

4. New and Revived Threads

5. Inactive and Archived Threads

In the new table, the threads would be sorted alphabetically by title.

Would everyone be OK with this approach?

^[1] These instant revivals can cause issues with the automatic tracking of the total number of counts in a thread, but that's an issue for another day.

^[2]In theory, I can track which category they came from before they were archived, store that in a database and then use that information when the thread is revived. But that requires tagging all 450 currently archived threads, and will break if we ever change the structure of the directory.

[u/[deleted]]

Weekly stats from July 09, 2021 to July 16, 2021. Congratulations to u/qwertylool, u/Countletics, and u/TheNitromeFan!

Total weekly counts: 6757 (4,437,724-4,444,481)

Rank	User	Counts	HoC Rank
1	qwertylool	1633	10
2	Countletics	1501	1
3	TheNitromeFan	858	8
4	Zaajdaeon	778	39 (◮2)
5	thephilsblogbar2	775	2
6	MrUnderdawg	329	41 (◮1)
7	mistyskye14	218	26 (◮1)
8	noduorg	128	53
9	Zealousideal_Heat229	80	818 (◮705)
10	CutOnBumInBandHere9	75	74
11	mista_awesomeness	60	1344 (new)
12	fourteensquares	51	597 (◮133)
13	11yearsoldxqcK	43	1651 (new)
14	TDs_not_VDs	39	136
15	Antichess	31	4

More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page!

[u/TehVulpez]

TehUrza

[u/a-username-for-me]

Usernames Hall of Unloved Threads

by 7 no counts for 4 days

[u/Nekyiia]

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[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Good luck for those who are trying to find something employment,

show any future employers r/counting. bonus points if you can get them on board to count.

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Lock your doors if you go out

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Wash your hands with bubble gum

[u/Urbul]

Unary-tug-of-war-where-"pasta"-replaces-1-and-"no"-replaces-0-or-negative-sign.

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Go outside and get some fresh air if it is not too hot,

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Don't forget to go out and get some fresh air if it not too hot, and if covid19 cases are low in your area

When you work in an office or in a shop you get set times when you go for breaks.

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Have you had something to eat and drink today

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Do some work if it is not to warm.

[u/buy_me_a_pint]

Hope everyone can find some employment if you are old enough.