Gist changed the path to this file pattern:
https://gist.github.com/<USER_NAME>/<GIST_ID>/raw/<GIST_REVISION_ID>/<GIST_FILE_NAME>
You will notice that now the top answers’ links are 404’ing.
Simply apply this new pattern and voilà!
https://gist.github.com/<USER_NAME>/<GIST_ID>/raw/<GIST_FILE_NAME>
For instance:
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wesbos/cd16b8b1815825f111a2/raw/lol.js