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It's pretty easy to game this. Just keep creating repos till you hit # one billion and remove the old ones. Their API makes it trivial. The only issue will be rate limits, and other people simultaneously creating repos, so it's a matter of luck.


There was a guy who got fired from Meta for creating excessive automated diffs in pursuit of a certain magic number


I hope PR #80085 was worth it.


69 doesn't seem excessive


Sounds interesting, is there anything online about this?


I don't believe they will renumber the old ones. Also, it can't be trivial, since two people can try this, and only one can win.


The one who lost doesn't get discussed in this thread.


Yes, but that doesn't make it trivial.


There is always one trillion to look forward to!


bogus aí agents stuck in loops will get us there soon enough




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