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I haven't written a blog about it, but it's a common experience for those building B2B integrations with Facebook. Also common is feature deprecation with replacement functionality gated (read: withheld) behind a closed beta program. They're difficult to join and often can only be entered if you commit to supporting other Facebook APIs and features (those they wish to publicize).

This is scarily reminiscent of Facebook's App Review process. We submitted 8 identical Apps that, functionally, are just webhooks for Messenger events. All required documentation, justification for the two permissions we needed, screen casts, and test login credentials were submitted for the reviewers.

3 were approved. 5 were rejected - all for different reasons.

Re-submitted the 5 with no changes; 2 more got approved. Two were rejected again. One was rejected with a firm reprimand for making an identical submission (must have hit the same reviewer).

Shuffled some words, re-recorded a couple videos - 2 more approvals, 1 rejection.

Re-submitted the last outlier without changes - Approved.

We are very weary of playing Facebook App Review whack-a-mole.

If it's effective, I'd hope it would become widely available for future pandemics.

Only in the marketing world does "Magic" == "functional".

Bobby Prince certainly wouldn't get away with the original DooM soundtrack today.

I think the $99/year is well worth 5 Office installs, 1TB of storage each, and apps that sync photos and OneNote across devices.

He worked for Microsoft years ago. Still an MVP all this time later.

No kidding... the Nobel committee seems to aim for nearly-posthumous far too often.

WalMart.com lost me at limiting my password to 12 characters.

I managed to revive a GeForce 8600M GT board using the oven method a few years ago. A much smaller board with fewer components. The bake time was only about 8 minutes though, and I pre-warmed it thoroughly to ~105C in a separate oven first.

I lost over 100 pounds by reducing carbs and skipping breakfast. And I hardly miss it at all.

I've read that lean, cholesterol-laden meats like shrimp, oysters, and liver do not raise cholesterol, but meats high in saturated fat will (ie, butter and ribeye steak).

This is awesome, and I do hope he creates a new level pack for Doom II's anniversary. The new enemy types and double-barrel shotgun make Doom II a lot more interesting IMO.

I was lucky enough to have a class with him at DigiPen. He's an optimization genius.

I wrote a short note to Steven Kent a few years ago saying I enjoyed reading his book. He was kind enough to write back and thank me for reading. The earlier editions had a different name: The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games. [1]

He noted in his letter that he wouldn't have chosen such an "arrogant" title for his book as "The Ultimate History", and the decision was the publisher's. Seemed like a thoughtful and humble person.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/First-Quarter-25-year-History-Video/d...

As non-residents of California, we're happy to hear that residents view these warnings the same way the rest of us do. It seems that _everything_ causes cancer in California.

Judging just from the photo, I'd work from home too if my workspace was a warehouse with a bunch of picnic tables.

I see SNES buttons...

I recently re-subscribed to a real-life, old-fashioned newspaper. I like the digital edition, but prefer the paper version. The resolution is amazing and you can't beat the loading times, and I never run into browser incompatibility issues. There are still too many ads, but they don't pop up and dance.

I thought the HN headline was incorrect until I read Pauli was looking for a particle of ~0.01 proton mass (neutrons and protons are about the same mass).