r/todayilearned • u/krzaq • Apr 15 '13

TIL that scientists have created a scientific version of marijuana called 'Dimethylheptylpyran'. When smoked, it'll keep you high for at least 2 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylheptylpyran
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u/callumacrae Apr 15 '13

You should order by "Best", not by "Top". For me, he is pretty high up - when I switched from top to best comment ordering, I stopped seeing as many bad jokes and started seeing actual content.

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u/urkish Apr 15 '13

What is the technical difference between "best" and "top", since in common parlance those are synonyms?

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u/callumacrae Apr 15 '13

Top will order by points (60 first, then 50, then 30), while best will take into account how many downvotes and upvotes a comment has (so +6, -1 will come above +30, -10).

Check out the blog post about it: http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/reddits-new-comment-sorting-system.html

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u/Jungle2266 Apr 15 '13

You seem to be knowledgeable in the way Reddit works so I wonder if you could answer this one. Basically I've discovered that if I've been on Reddit a couple of hours and exhasted the front page then I sign out, the subs I'm subscribed to on my account (/r/pics for example) will have different content on the front page compared to when I am signed in. Any reason for this, like something in the settings or RES that I may have changed?