Talk:1288: Substitutions

2013-11-15T06:50:53Z

108.162.238.120:

We need a web plugin that does this automatically, stat! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.216|141.101.99.216]] 11:36, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
::Lol, I was just thinking the same thing! I was only meaning to post that in the discussion but saw that nobody had done the explanation yet. There goes a good chunk of my day :/ [[User:Zyxuvius|Zyxuvius]] ([[User talk:Zyxuvius|talk]]) 11:55, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
:::: Came here just to say this. Please post links to the unofficial xkcd news substitution tool as soon as it becomes available :P -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.223|173.245.51.223]] 13:41, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

::::It already exists for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxreplace/ This addon allows you to create substitution lists that will automatically be applied to web pages. -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.210|173.245.51.210]] 13:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
:::: And here's an URL for the abovementioned FoxReplace addon. Just import it, and it will do the substitutions listed in this XKCD comic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/36eq2xgnmv8obpe/XKCD.json {{unsigned ip|173.245.51.210}}

::I threw this together this morning for Chrome: https://github.com/ChrisMagellan/Make-News-Funny/ Note that you need to enable developer mode in your Extensions settings. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.29}}
:::: Oh God! Thank you! I'm trying not to laugh too loudly at work. This is hilarious [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/us/politics/book-details-consideration-of-replacing-biden-on-2012-ticket.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|"While last year’s grind of an eating contest lacked the drama of the 2008 race ..."] -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.223|173.245.51.223]] 15:01, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
::::How do I install it? [[User:Whitecat|Whitecat]] ([[User talk:Whitecat|talk]])

::As a userscript that should work with Scriptish, Greasemonkey or anything else that supports userscripts: https://gist.github.com/mcef/7376276 (click to install: https://gist.github.com/mcef/7376276/raw/e0b7a3ca2a65b8809a48241a92f265ae479c9e99/1288.user.js)
::Add other news sites on the top or just tell me and I'll add them. [[User:Mcef|mcef]] ([[User talk:Mcef|talk]]) 19:57, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

::For those who don't want to install anything in their browsers, here is a bookmarklet. To use it, create a new bookmark and insert the following code as location
javascript:(function(){var%20map={these dudes I know:"These%20dudes%20I%20know","kinda probably":"Kinda%20probably","new%20study":"Tumbl%20post",avenge:"Avenge",SPAAACE:"Spaaace","google%20glass":"Virtual%20Boy",Pokédex:"Pokedex",atomic:"Atomic",Elf-Lord:"Elf-lord",cat:"Cat",eating contest:"Eating%20contest","congressional%20leaders":"River%20spirits","homeland%20security":"Homestart%20Runner","could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment":"Is%20guilty%20and%20everyone%20knows%20it"};var%20b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];b.innerHTML=b.innerHTML.replace(/new%20study|google%20glass|congressional%20leaders|homeland%20security|could%20not%20be%20reached%20for%20comment|\w+/gi,function($0){return map[$0.toLowerCase()]||$0});})()<br>
::--[[Special:Contributions/173.245.53.128|173.245.53.128]] 20:44, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
:::: You've made the wrong script. This is the correct one:

<pre>
javascript:
(function(){
var map={
these dudes I know:"These dudes I know",
kinda probably:"Kinda probably",
"Tumblr post":"Tumbl post",
avenge:"Avenge",
SPAAACE:"Spaaace",
"Virtual Boy":"Virtual Boy",
Pokédex:"Pokedex",
atomic:"Atomic",
Elf-Lord:"Elf-lord",
cat:"Cat",
eating contest:"Eating contest",
"river spirits":"River spirits",
"Homestar Runner":"Homestart Runner",
"is guilty and everyone knows it":"Is guilty and everyone knows it"};
var b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
b.innerHTML=b.innerHTML.replace(
/Tumblr post
|Virtual Boy
|river spirits
|Homestar Runner
|is guilty and everyone knows it
|\w+/gi,function($0){
return map[$0.toLowerCase()]||$0});})()
</pre>
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.221|173.245.51.221]] 08:45, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
:::: I don't get how that was supposed to work, here's mine: javascript:(function(o){var t = o.innerHTML; var subs = [["these dudes I know","dudes I know"],["kinda probably","kinda probably"],["Tumblr post","tumblr post"],["avenge","avenge"],["SPAAACE","spaaace"],["Virtual Boy","virtual boy"],["Pokédex","pok\u00e9dex"],["atomic","atomic"],["Elf-Lord","elf-lord"],["cat","cat"],["eating contest","eating contest"],["river spirits","river spirits"],["Homestar Runner","homestar runner"],["is guilty and everyone knows it","is guilty and everyone knows it"]]; for(var x = 0; x < subs.length; x++) { t = t.replace(new RegExp(subs[x][0],"gi"),subs[x][1]); } o.innerHTML=t;})(document.body);
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.183|199.27.128.183]] 02:15, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Is "Homestar runner" a reference to something I'm not cool enough to get? [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 20:49, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

::http://www.homestarrunner.com/{{unsigned ip|108.162.219.6}}

I created a plugin for Chrome and Opera, available here: http://www.joshmedeiros.net/XKCD%20Substitutions/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.120|108.162.242.120]] 09:16, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

The Virtual Boy is a oversized *portable* console. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.88|173.245.54.88]] 13:34, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Pigs In Spaaaaace! {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.33}}

That "SPAAACE" switched for "SPAAAACE" is so much fun when reading about namespaces in C++, for example. I was reading the Go tutorial today... Try it. [[User:GBGamer117|GBGamer117 > /dev/null]] ([[User talk:GBGamer117|talk]]) 23:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

The Opera plugin is now available here: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/xkcd-substitutions/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.120|108.162.238.120]] 06:50, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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