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I know this doesn't add much value to the discussion, but I was really proud of my UIN when I was a teenager. And this may be my last chance to flaunt it, so here it is:

1779900

So back in the day, these were known as Universal Internet Numbers, or UINs. You have to admire the sheer audacity of using that name for the user identifiers of a service you're building. I believe they were renamed to "ICQ#" later.



Strictly speaking, sequential numbers can scale infinitely, so not the worst way to handle it.


That’s a very impressive UIN!


UINs! I didn't remember how we called ICQ numbers! Thank you!


Same, nice repeating digits. 2288665


bro, nice dubs!




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