Locked myself out and cannot recover

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recovery_acc     2023-08-02 12:02:00

Hey guys,

This is not my actual account. I created it to contact you because I need your help. First off, I have access to my registration email. My account has the name "kittyaurel" and I cannot access it. I would need to change my password with the recovery page but that does not work, although all the information I entered is correct.

Would you be so kind and help me with this? :c

Greetings

Rodion (admin)     2023-08-02 15:33:52
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Hi Friend!

It seems you registered with GitHub. Could you try logging into the website with github account which (in the past) also was called kittyaurel?

recovery_acc     2023-08-02 18:08:48

I deleted my GitHub account. I understand if I cannot get my account back because of this, because it was my mistake. Nevertheless, it makes me sad because this website was one of my favourite things. :(

Rodion (admin)     2023-08-02 18:52:18
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Hm-m-m, that's really a bit puzzling :)

The matter is I of course can reset account creds and sent them to you, but it would be good to protect against the case that you actually is not kittyaurel (though I'm most sure you are - your solutions are specific and probably no one needs them except you yourself).

Give me some minutes to try inventing some scheme :)

Rodion (admin)     2023-08-02 19:05:23
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Well, let's verify your "identity" with two small challenges if you don't mind:

  • tell please where from (i.e. city name) you logged in as kittyaurel last time if you remember
  • solve any of recent tasks in Julia (from this current account), e.g. "find 3 numbers" or "whisky blending" for example, if possible - it seems like Julia was your favorite language and it won't be difficult - while not many other people use here :)

Does it sound sane? If both are ok, you'll tell me any email to send you temporary password and it's all.

recovery_acc     2023-08-02 22:26:50

Thank you, Rodion. I logged into in [Sankt Pölten, Austria]. I really hope, this is correct because I might have been on vacation in Germany. :\ Regarding the task part: I will solve one in Julia, which will be a good exercise because I haven't used it in a while. Consider that it will take be a bit, because I also have to pass two exams in the next few days. ^^

recovery_acc     2023-08-03 08:13:49

Hey, I solved "find 3 numbers" with Julia c:

Rodion (admin)     2023-08-03 10:01:56
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Cool, now I think, how am I to check it? :)))

Ok, meanwhile I changed password on kittyaurel account to the same as used with this recovery_acc account - try it (and feel free to change later).

kittyaurel     2023-08-03 11:31:05
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Thank you a lot. You saved my day :)

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