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@JourneymanGeek well the apps are dead, that's a fact.... so it's just matter of time before SE turns the server itself down. IMO it's a mistake to keep them alive as they cause damage, mainly users unaware they're dead using them, then get disappointed when something isn't working and they're bashed when trying to report it.

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating True, but isn't the app relying on the API? Pulling the plug from that would be far from helpfull I guess.

@Luuklag oh, not talking about API, this will stay, just shut down the app servers, i.e. app which is already installed won't work anymore, and of course taking it out of Google and Apple stores.

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating isnt that the same as the API?

@Luuklag not at all... the API existed long before the apps, and will (hopefully!) exist much longer after the apps are only a dim memory in the past. :)

The apps only use the API behind the scenes.

Using my car example... the API is the fuel of the car... it can fuel other cars as well, old or new. :)

@JourneymanGeek 42

Off Topic Wave on MSE

(three in couple of minutes...)

WOE?! lol (avatar)

@rene kaboom

oh, think it's the same person?

16 questions from lost souls today...

@Tink @Journ Spam account, has avoided the torch for 3 posts now: meta.stackexchange.com/users/923028/umair-mushtaq

Prior post MS link: metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/286541

@Spevacus I mushtaq you a question.

@ThomasMarkov Why musht you spam?

Umair like it.

lol

2020: A year in closing

I was initially a bit sad to not see MSE on there due to how many lost souls we have, but Shog defended his choice not to lump MSE into the post he made back in 2019:

Image of the day:

Interesting looking. Is that at the Capitol?

Yes.

That is what freedom in a democracy looks like ...

This is what captivity in democracy looks like, the wire isn't deployed with such precision:

@Spevacus Gone!

We'll have to lengthen your abbreviated pseudonym:

I noticed... Oh well, nothing and no one is unique ;)

Many robs

True :)

but only give one @sha

@Tinkeringbell Woo hoo!

@Rob Like with passwords, the more nonsense you string together the more unique you get :P

Longest user name:

Longest name anywhere: 1000 letters.

The longest name, not as a result of a bug can be found here: data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1006992/…

It's not a reliable query, as Griffen is listed as 35 letters long (and doesn't seem to have invisible characters in their profile).

@Rob you doubt sql server?

@VoteDukakis It could have been Bootygig

^ Something's fishy, as I can't help but think that there are longer names; but that query works better than most of the others; returning the default UUID.

@Rob simple spaces at the start: data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1359525

@rene Thanks, I tried selecting in the user profile; and they were stripped. Avoids @'ing I presume.

Oh, that might indeed not work. Clever.

@VoteDukakis huh? welcome back!?

@Rob Receptors and ligands can often be extremely complicated. One very common thing you find in molecular bio is that there are receptors that fit only half of a ligand and "float" freely in the membrane. They have little tails in the cytoplasm that flap around wildly and if they're near each other for long enough, they activate each other (often cross-phosphorylation). The only way they'll be near each other for long enough is if their "heads" outside the cell both bind to the same ligand.

@Spevacus in a good year most of what we do is herd lost souls 🤣

We are but humble guides for the lost. Our pitchforks are now shepherd's hooks, our torches now open, empty hands.