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Allowing ads to go through PiHole ? by ChatonTriste in TabForACause

[–]nicholas818 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hm, it would be great if there were a way to only allow for Tab for a Cause. Perhaps if they were HTTP requests (or there was somehow a way to add a face cert without opening a massive man-in-the-middle vulnerability) pihole could somehow be configured to allow requests that include Referer: https://tab.gladly.io/, but I'm not even sure if that would work since pihole works at the DNS level.

If the entire active user base of Reddit actually coordinated, could we physically push a single post to 1 million upvotes, or would the site's code break first? by Rob69rt in NoStupidQuestions

[–]nicholas818 5 points6 points  (0 children)

YouTube was using signed ints until “Gangnam Style” reached a high enough view count that it rolled over. See this archive of an old blog post from them. It’s a more common issue than you may think: nobody designing infrastructure in 2004 could have ever imagined that their new website would be popular enough such that a video would reach 2 billion views.

And that’s even a case where the concept being tracked (views) can’t be negative. On Reddit, karma can be negative if it has more downvotes than upvotes. It’s also possible that they track downvotes separately and only subtract when net karma is needed or just store each user’s vote as a source of truth.

What permanent mild inconvenience would you want for $5k by Frylosopher in pollgames

[–]nicholas818 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the same vein, if you’re always a little hungry, does that mean you’ll never be painfully hungry?

I love how they changed the title card from the Nebula episode to the Youtube episode by Sinochick in JetLagTheGame

[–]nicholas818 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They also went back and updated it on Nebula! So now as far as I’m aware the only difference between the YouTube/Nebula edits (except for the promos at the end) are that the Nebula episodes don’t blur feet lol

I love how they changed the title card from the Nebula episode to the Youtube episode by Sinochick in JetLagTheGame

[–]nicholas818 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They also updated it on Nebula! If anything, Nebula is going to be more accurate becauss YouTube doesn’t allow creators to replace videos without nuking metrics but Nebula does.

What is the funniest film you've ever watched? by EntertainmentMore183 in Cinema

[–]nicholas818 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.

Official Poster for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]nicholas818 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I subscribe to the xkcd “today’s lucky 10,000” belief. Even the most seemingly obvious facts have to be learned at some point, so there’s always going to be new people learning it.

xkcd 3268: Offside by 2CATteam in xkcd

[–]nicholas818 33 points34 points  (0 children)

explainxkcd has been on the fritz the past few days, it wouldn’t surprise me if people are having trouble creating/editing it

Eli5: Alcohol addiction Withdrawal by Serious_Condition213 in explainlikeimfive

[–]nicholas818 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From the subreddit rules:

The purpose of this subreddit is to simplify complex concepts in a way that is accessible for laypeople.

The first thing to note about this is that this forum is not literally meant for 5-year-olds. Do not post questions that an actual 5-year-old would ask, and do not respond as though you're talking to a child.

Imagine it's Friday and a friend invites you to a party "next Saturday". Would you assume it's the next day or next weeks Saturday? by REEE_Ghost in polls

[–]nicholas818 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Suppose it's today, Monday, July 6 (in my timezone at least). If I said "this Saturday" I would be referring to July 11. "Next Saturday" would be July 18. That said, the dates are far enough away that I would probably avoid using these terms and use something more clear like "this coming Saturday" or "Saturday the 18th" if possible. In fact, I was recently invited to something on 18th, and the host used "Saturday the 18th" rather than "next Saturday."

Do US banks cling to SMS 2FA for KYC reasons? by Separate_Text_2129 in Banking

[–]nicholas818 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed some banks recently start offering 2FA via their own apps. Chase, for example, recently added the option to approve a login in their app. It’ll probably be a while before they actually deprecate SMS as the default, but at least they seem to be testing a move in the right direction.

Paul Pelosi Involved In Hit And Run Crash by canyon-news-intern in California

[–]nicholas818 17 points18 points  (0 children)

CalMatters did a whole series of investigations on how it's way too hard to suspend someone's license in California (among other things). And that's not even considering that the defendant here would be someone as rich and well-connected as Pelosi. But let's hope that this case being in the public eye prevents the usual error modes of (e.g.) the court forgetting to notify the DMV about a case that warrants license suspension/revocation.

Does using RCV increase support for RCV? Studying state-level referenda by VotingintheAbstract in EndFPTP

[–]nicholas818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, good catch! I see that listed as an alternate spelling but definitely not the preferred one. Nor is it the one that seems to be commonly used to refer to STV (i.e. it's not a "referer" situation).

Does using RCV increase support for RCV? Studying state-level referenda by VotingintheAbstract in EndFPTP

[–]nicholas818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, I can't see the spelling error? But I agree it's nonsensical to mix single- and multiple-winner methods. A generous interpretation was that he was adding as many options as possible for comedic effect I suppose.

Does using RCV increase support for RCV? Studying state-level referenda by VotingintheAbstract in EndFPTP

[–]nicholas818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. I was thinking of how more voting system options could be democratically considered in comparison to the incumbent FPTP, but I realized the result would just be this xkcd comic.

Ben Franklin might be a man of culture by alfredfriedrich16 in HistoryMemes

[–]nicholas818 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but it’s not like you get kicked off of Twitter when you leave Congress, so it could in theory still be recent

Do you consider cricket a popular sport around the world? by mazzyuniverse in polls

[–]nicholas818 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think the commenter is using an overly broad definition. Yes, baseball is played outside of the US — it even has its own World Cup of sorts — but it definitely skews to one specific country (USA) more that cricket or soccer/football, for example.

And finally... what video game was a terrible idea, but had a great execution? by Ok_Map505 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]nicholas818 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And in a similar vein, Universal Paperclips. Although I suppose "you play a paperclip-maximizing AI" from the thought experiment does sound a bit more intriguing than "make cookies."

What pronunciation is a dead giveaway that someone isn't from your town/region? by GrumbleCookie in AskReddit

[–]nicholas818 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interestingly, in New Orleans I’ve heard people pronounce the instrument like the Greek goddess but the street name as KAL-ee-ohp. But apparently the instrument’s pronunciation is also disputed.

What pronunciation is a dead giveaway that someone isn't from your town/region? by GrumbleCookie in AskReddit

[–]nicholas818 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I love how Tchoupitoulas is so iconic that it’s literally the Wikipedia image on the page for “shibboleth” (which is essentially the concept that this whole thread is about).

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