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SteamForge – Modern PC Gaming Achievement Tracker (No Account Required)

Gengar — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:05:15 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49017164

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New comment by Gengar in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

Gengar — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:17:54 +0000

I don't like any of the current achievement tracking websites for Steam so I built my own. Free to use and no account required as auth handled via Steam. If you have any feedback I appreciate it! https://steamforge.app

New comment by Gengar in "Locked out of 14 year old YouTube channel because tied to Hotmail.com email"

Gengar — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:05:54 +0000

The actual hotmail email was hacked years ago but doesn't matter in this case, I have a Google account that uses a hotmail email address and I know the password.

New comment by Gengar in "Locked out of 14 year old YouTube channel because tied to Hotmail.com email"

Gengar — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:04:14 +0000

I made this account 14 years ago when I was a teenager. I didn't even know my YouTube was tied to this Hotmail Google Account until the past week or that it even existed.

New comment by Gengar in "Locked out of 14 year old YouTube channel because tied to Hotmail.com email"

Gengar — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:01:41 +0000

This is a Google account with a hotmail email address and I know the password. The actual hotmail account itself can't help me in this instance.

Locked out of 14 year old YouTube channel because tied to Hotmail.com email

Gengar — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:30:42 +0000

I have a 14 year old YouTube channel that was linked to a Google account but it uses a Hotmail Address. I know the password but it keeps asking for 2FA phone number, I made the account years ago so obviously I don't have the number or even know what that number is! Without number it says open another device with that account, I don't have have one since its 14 years old!

I only lost access recently, I thought this YouTube was tied to actual my Gmail but it turns out I was only brand manager and I lost access when trying to merge them. Ironic this all happened because I actually wanted to give them money for YouTube Premium and now losing my channel of 14 years makes me not want to use the platform at all. Is my account lost forever since Google offer zero support?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40785945

Points: 23

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New comment by Gengar in "Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?"

Gengar — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:59:18 +0000

I might have been an international Reddit employee also had the recruiter not ghosted me when I gave times available for interview!

New comment by Gengar in "Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work"

Gengar — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:13:14 +0000

I can't remember the last time I worked more than 3 hours, being done by lunch time everyday is great. If I work in the afternoon it is just mandatory meetings.

New comment by Gengar in "Ask HN: Questions to ask a company to know you don't want to work there?"

Gengar — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:18:49 +0000

100% agree with these comments. I will never do unpaid on-call, a gas engineer is paid for being on-call, software shouldn't be any different. Its most likely because their are many people in software who will work on call for free, I see it first hand at my current company.

New comment by Gengar in "iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro"

Gengar — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:26:44 +0000

Yeah, I read rumors about the iPhone Mini when the SE 2 launched. Glad I waited!

New comment by Gengar in "Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B"

Gengar — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:20:55 +0000

Overwatch is pretty successful.

New comment by Gengar in "Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade"

Gengar — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:11:49 +0000

PS Vita game library is nowhere near as strong though. It is another cool cheap device for homebrew.

New comment by Gengar in "Idea Generation"

Gengar — Fri, 29 May 2020 18:03:38 +0000

I have the opposite problem. How are you generating ideas?

Ask HN: Has anyone succesfully recovered a hacked FB account?

Gengar — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:22:34 +0000

My account got hacked months ago, I was able to change my password shortly after luckily. However, when I login now it always asks me for ID. After submitting it I get a success recovery email with a url to finish the process but the URL is always invalid! What makes it worse is it was hacked via the recovery email which I can't login to remove! Curious if the recovery process is in fact broken or is just me?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20842304

Points: 2

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New comment by Gengar in "Tell HN: I ate only food in pill format for 3 months and lost 65 lbs"

Gengar — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:18:05 +0000

I'd try it but only if it had good macros like some meal replacement drinks, my diet is like 80% Huel currently, with the rest being free lunch / snacks at work and snacks on the weekend. Originally started on these type of drinks because I was so depressed at one point I could barely motivate myself to eat any more. Ended up staying on them because not only do you save a ton of time but they are good source of protein and calories (I lift) and I've never been one to eat a lot so its helped tremendously. Pill form would be even better just from a time saving perspective.