Re:Project Euler Returns
by taeric on Friday August 15, 2014 @11:46AM
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I think you are at least slightly overstating how inconvenient this is. I mean, yes, I could wish it was easier. No, this isn't going to stop me from getting back on the site.
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Re:Project Euler Returns
by bellerocky on Friday August 15, 2014 @11:50AM
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And how many answers did you lose? Because I lost a bunch. I'm not overstating anything, I'm honestly frustrated and dispirited because of a high degree of incompetence and bad judgment.
So, you
1) had solved a bunch of Project Euler problems, but fewer than 200 (account recovery is still available for those folks), 2) lost/forgot your signon information, and 3) lost/deleted all the code you used to find the answers?
You, sir, are in a very small boat. A frustrating boat, to be sure, but I suspect that virtually none of their users share your fate.
I'm in pretty much the same boat. The actual problems I don't really mind (I have to code to some, and it wouldn't hurt to revisit the rest), but I'd very much like to have my username back.
OK, so it's an extremely minor issue, but given that the reason for it is so silly, it's still kinda irritating.
You mean you didn't save all your results? Don't a lot of the problems build on previous results? Why would one lose anything? FYI I was interested but did not start down the projecteuler rabbit hole myself, so perhaps I'm missing something.
See a reply to a sibling post of yours. You're at least losing your handle/username for good.
(I did, cannot recall that password so far and it's not in lastpass for some reason - maybe too long ago/before I got into that habit)