Important Philosophical Questions + POLLS

I’ve clicked on the bit.ly link, but oddly, there is no counter next to it.

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Yeah… This is an even bigger mystery now!

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I get the feeling the forum might know it’s an internal link.

but that doesn’t explain why the original link had a counter…

https://forums.online-go.com/badges/28/popular-link

Online Go Forum

Still the same link as above

https://bit.ly/3BqYqOp

Online Go Forum

Still the shortened link as above

Do any of these get counters (reposting the same links)? The first one should unless something is broken. I was wondering if it’s something to do with the display either.

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why…

As in why did three copies of two links, or why does it not work for that shortened link?

The answer to both is I don’t know :slight_smile:

The forum software is an open source project, which could possibly shed some light on the behavior

One could submit an issue or even a pull request

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“Describe the problem or need that your pull request addresses”

”I really want to get the popular link badge for linking to the popular link badge”

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Later…

This patch retroactively awards the popular link badge to links to the popular link badge that reached 50 clicks before the update in hot fix 42.701.094-beta-nightly.v2.final

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Well well well when was your last go game?

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  • :eyes:
  • :eye::eye:

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When Alanis Morissette sings the word “rain” in her song “Ironic”, how many syllables does it have?

How many syllables in “rain” when Alanis sings it in “Ironic”?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15

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Four, at least, rä-iii-ääääi-nnnnn :sweat_smile:

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Two, because she starts with a diphthong (“aī”), and moving from the “a” to the “ī” is part of the same sound. But the second “a” is a new syllable:

raī-an

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What are the lyrics of “Up On The Housetop”?

Up on the housetop, reindeer …
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I don’t know the song, I used the same technique I’ve used in school tests.

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Here are two versions, with different schools of thought

#TeachTheControversy

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Shouldn’t it be “for the little ones’ joy”? :stuck_out_tongue:

(Also hearing the song for the first time, btw.)

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How do you say “omicron”?

  • OH-mi-kron
  • OM-i-kron
  • oh-MEE-kron
  • oh-MY-kron
  • Another way (please share)

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Variant pronunciations arise to denote variant viruses. Language imitates life.

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Omacron (not that funny ok)

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OM-i-kron

futurama

oh-MY-kron

takei

it's...

levioSAR

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