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I love the idea that you just wrote this for yourself and then wanted to share it with others for free.",[113,124,131],{"value":114,"source":83,"evidence":115},"Sign-up triggered accidentally with minimal input; form validation issues",[116,120],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"7697836","tcwatrous","I accidentally registered as a user when I hit enter with the email field containing only the letter 't' and the password fields empty. Just thought I would let you know.",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"7696698","sakai","Very cool. One question – I noticed that you're doing some validation of the inputs (i.e., I can't seem to submit a sentence without a period) – could you explain the reasoning…",{"value":125,"source":83,"evidence":126},"Some exercises are uninspiring or hard to fit in one sentence",[127],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"7697404","bambax","This is an excellent idea, very cool, very nice (although, why Courier New?? ;-) What happens to the exercises once they're completed? 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