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The app ID is a unique identifier. Once you claim an app ID, it's yours forever.
They didn't change their name (it's just a publicity stunt), yet they still got a 200% spike in stock value. It's just absurd.
Re:Advent of Code 2017 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @08:19AM (#15815453)
Nope! All of the answers boil down to some simple text input, so you can run whatever code you want locally to get the answer.
Re:Password Rules Are Bullshit on Friday March 10, 2017 @08:05AM (#13838253)
I have to use Dashlane for work and it horrifies me that their password requirements are so outdated. A password manager ought to know that it's more important to have a longer password than a password with a number in it.

(See rules here: https://csdashlane.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202698981-I...)

Re:Anil Dash Is the New CEO of Fog Creek Software on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:16PM (#13117403)
Joel's article on the Trello spinoff is instructive: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2014/07/24/trello-inc/

tl;dr - Gave investors the ability to invest solely in Trello instead of all of Fog Creek.

Re:Anil Dash Is the New CEO of Fog Creek Software on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:47AM (#13115402)
Fog Creek Software, Stack Overflow and Trello are all separate companies.
What about people who just click on links and don't view comments? Won't they be missing out just because the discussion in the comments isn't great?
Re:Poll on macOS 10.12 is broken on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @08:31AM (#12683717)
The page loaded after a while, so I've got you covered with a gist: https://gist.github.com/dlew/781f4bfac391ab1b64ad383c979ac38...
Re:Show HN: Hacker News Simulator on Sunday September 20, 2015 @06:50PM (#10249511)
9gag automatically reposts reddit's /r/all onto their site. People on 9gag don't realize it's a bot and have one hell of a time trying to interpret the post. Examples:

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimMeta/comments/3fnkni/9g...

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimMeta/comments/3kwmnj/9g...