Comment by 🐝 Addison

=> Re: "Name Changes, SourceHut, etc." | In: u/Addison

@sugar I bet it was a pain! It's funny how that works - the legal stuff is what I'm least worried about!

=> 🐝 Addison [OP]

2024-08-03 · 6 months ago

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=> 📡 Queen_City_Nerd · 2024-08-04 at 14:53:

@addison "cool old men..." so yeah, I've had my call for 31 years and it's really just an alternate name at this point for me! But I hear you with the considerations. I've got a Yahoo address that's 20 something and not professional, I've got a Gmail that's better, I've got an Outlook Mail and Proton Mail that are 100% business. Then the work addresses that are first Initial last name but they don't do anything after hours. Sort of reminds me of train names. On the fingerlakes trail and AT people go by trail names. I used to go by Black Rabbit, but that was a long time ago.

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=> 🐝 Addison

Name Changes, SourceHut, etc. — I'm changing my surname soon, so I've been making an effort to start the switch to domains and online presence that don't use my last name. It's a daunting task, since I've been using my first initial and/or last name for lots of my online presence over the years. The Problem Stuff like my Email address(es) Personal website GitHub account Work-related stuff PGP (but who even uses that?) Google account all feature my last name in some way. My plan is to stop...

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