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by weego 5758 days ago
Was 38, 39, 40 and 41 all taken for something else?
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I imagine '42' was picked both for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference and to be somewhat similar to the goal-tracking site 43things.com.

Not sure I get naming the company something so similar to 43things - I initially assumed it was a total knockoff, but the feature sets are actually pretty different.