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Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by ryandrake »

acters wrote: post #213
KMnO4 wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-American I’m just curious: where does this ideology start to be pushed? The whole idea of “I don’t like this, so I will sue” isn’t really present to nearly such an extent in the rest of the world. I’m just wondering if it’s something they teach in school (like a civics class), or if it’s introduced in a more causal fashion (making jokes like “don’t do that or I’ll sue you”), or is it just popular on the news…

It is not pushed; it is a right. It is just a difference in culture. We americans have a strong legal system that is made for small and large cases. On top of that, we are allowed to do it privately by settling matters outside of the legal system when possible. It is not meant to be a “I don’t like this, so I will sue” however a lot of bad actors have popularized this. In fact, if a business acted in a way that was o…

This is a great, reasonable explanation, and I also believe your original comment is getting unfairly dunked on.

The USA has so little regulation to stop corporate wrongdoing, and the regulations that do exist are barely effective (“kid gloves”). The government is ridiculously lenient on companies. Even when they do break the law blatantly, law enforcement is loathe to do anything. As a result, they can basically do whatever they want. Civil lawsuits are one of the the only ways the general public even stands a chance to influence/correct how they behave.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by blibble »

acters wrote: post #195
blibble wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they don't have to update their policies, it's their website and they can do what they want with it unless you've paid them (which @usernamex doesn't seem to), then there's not even a contract with them they will call your bluff, you'll go to court, then you'll lose and you'll have their legal fees to pay

If Github has the power to change usernames or account details without notice then I would like them to communicate that to me clearly and upfront. Also, you dont have to pay github to have legal grounds. If the account is used for business purposes(business card, or other forms), then github could cause you financial damages no matter how small. As a business, they should try to be more open and communicative with t…

> If Github has the power to change usernames or account details without notice then I would like them to communicate that to me clearly and upfront.

you can want whatever you want, they have no contractual relationship with you and no obligation to consult you about anything.

> Also, you dont have to pay github to have legal grounds. If the account is used for business purposes(business card, or other forms), then github could cause you financial damages no matter how small.

if you haven't paid them there is no contract or any binding commitment or obligation for them to provide you with any service whatsoever

> This is something we should demand from them.

what are you going to demand with? you aren't their customer

> If that was the case and Github came out to say that, I would never do business with them or use their services/platform.

maybe don't build your business on companies you don't have a binding contract with?

see: Apollo, Tweetbot

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by TillE »

nic547 wrote: post #120

I've been quite embarrassed to discover that linking to a github issue in another repo will create a back link in the linked issue. Removing the link doesn't undo it either, you need to delete the issue completely. I wish I could turn this feature off.

It's fine, it doesn't ping anybody. Unless you're doing something embarrassing or spammy, I doubt anyone cares. I like being able to see how an issue affects other projects, that can be useful information.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by imp0cat »

ipaddr wrote: post #171
iamthejuan wrote: post #135

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Mine was @username and GitHub just suddenly changed it to usernamex.

There use to be a site called batcave.net that gave free space and a subdomain. I had the name search.. search.batcave.net until one day when they decided to take back the search subdomain name and use it for themselves. From that point I've avoid great common usernames that one day might be too great

I think it was Vodafone who once let a user register the username root@ and then later had to take it back. ;)

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by yodon »

JimDabell wrote: post #114
inopinatus wrote: post #109

Tony Finch's email address is still my favourite. https://dotat.at/email.html

That reminds me of Slashdot ( http://slashdot.org = “aitch-tee-tee-pee colon slash slash slash dot dot org”).

Thank you. I've been puzzled by that name for literally decades. I always assumed it was a *nix pathname joke about ./ and couldn't figure out why the order was reversed.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by naikrovek »

mrtranscendence wrote: post #196
slau wrote: post #46

I used to work at Realm (the mobile database company). In order to keep an eye on what was going on, there was a Slack integration that reposted any mention of @realm on Twitter. One morning, we woke up to a #twitter channel full of very nearly porn. Young men, scantily dressed, flexing their abs and flashing smiles at the camera. Turns out someone added a bot on Twitter that would repost things from Instagram to Twi…

I have @CommonFirstNameCommonLastName on Twitter, and I occasionally get mentioned or DMed by people thinking of an entirely different person. It’s not often enough to be too annoying, though.

I get that at work. looking at my name, you would not think it common, but where I live, not only is it common, there are many of us with the same name at my employer.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by naikrovek »

9dev wrote: post #158
baz00 wrote: post #80

Github has some very dangerous features when it comes to tagging and mentions. For example, when you add someone to an organisation, it autocompletes the username. We had someone with a fairly common name and accidentally added someone else to the org with a close but not identical name. Fortunately they didn't accept the invitation before we removed them again and added the correct person.

Right? This bugs me like hell. They make you jump through all kinds of hoops to attestate your source code and use layers upon layers of encryption, but make it the simplest thing to grant someone completely unrelated write access to all of your company’s code. Like what??

you need one of those new fancy GitHub EMU enterprises instead of a normal one. it is driven solely by an identity provider like Okta or AzureAD.

no one outside of your identity provider will ever know about you. your users have a read-only view of the greater github.com, but whatever access you give them within your enterprise.

it's impossible to make anything public in a GitHub EMU enterprise, and your users won't even be able to star repos outside of the enterprise, because that would reveal your presence.

if you can live without any public access to your stuff at all, have a look. you can convert your old enterprise org(s) to a Teams subscription and continue to publish open stuff there, but you'll need personal accounts there, like always.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by acters »

ryandrake wrote: post #221
acters wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is not pushed; it is a right. It is just a difference in culture. We americans have a strong legal system that is made for small and large cases. On top of that, we are allowed to do it privately by settling matters outside of the legal system when possible. It is not meant to be a “I don’t like this, so I will sue” however a lot of bad actors have popularized this. In fact, if a business acted in a way that was o…

This is a great, reasonable explanation, and I also believe your original comment is getting unfairly dunked on. The USA has so little regulation to stop corporate wrongdoing, and the regulations that do exist are barely effective (“kid gloves”). The government is ridiculously lenient on companies. Even when they do break the law blatantly, law enforcement is loathe to do anything. As a result, they can basically do…

I got dunked on. I casually commented an opinion without thinking of how to put my feelings and thoughts into words. I made the legal option too upfront. It is an eye catching controversial topic to jump on. I am just enjoying myself for now. typing up random ramblings.

Re: Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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Post by marssaxman »

droidist2 wrote: post #166
godzillabrennus wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I own a few 867-5309 numbers for different areas. I have them do nothing these days but for a while I let them hit a pbx and we’d get up to 2500 calls a day on each line. Lots of drunk dudes trying to call Jenny.

You need to go to stores in those areas and collect all the rewards points people have gifted to you by putting your number in at checkout!

I once did this by accident when fueling up my car; it just so happened that the gas station's rewards program was linked with the Safeway rewards program, and I happened to be filling up my tank just as the 867-5309 account for my area code hit some critical threshold. Hey presto, 20% off (or something like that; it was a long time ago).
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