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I most assuredly would not want to be Mark Zuckerberg. That name is not inspiring to most people. (Also, by the way, because Zuckerberg is perfectly fine german: Zucker = Sugar, Berg = Mountain, so a mountain of sugar. That's not good for your health either, in particular your teeth.)
This is why we should replace names with uuids.
Interesting look into what Zuck and other mega celebrities experience day to day. I'm sure Zuck and others of a certain stature have many protection layers, but surely some things slip through and it's interesting to consider those just a tier lower that can't afford all of the security, etc. Reminds me of the Bill Murray quote: "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. S…
If I wanna check the internet for someone, I find it impossible because for a lot of names there's at least thousands of people with the same exact full name. It must give both a feeling of safety but also frustration if you may want to stand out.
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The "rich" Mark Zuckerburg should give him some compensation for the hassle. That would be right thing to do.
No. The individuals genuinely at fault here are 1) those who inflict harm on others, considering that being wealthy or disliked does not justify actions such as death threats 2) those who target the wrong person simply due to a shared name. Any discussion of compensation should be directed at them.
In this case that includes the other Zuck's company. He should at least do something about that.
Sometimes your life would be easier if you just changed your name.
This is why we should replace names with uuids.
"Ohhh, if it isn't 99adbad3-f3c8-4c52-99d8-be692c62b9db again! Man, what a blast last Friday at e128001f-9737-4245-b08b-73bc50db0204's party, right?"
99ad and e128 in this case.
How do Chinese people deal with name conflicts? If I wanna check the internet for someone, I find it impossible because for a lot of names there's at least thousands of people with the same exact full name. It must give both a feeling of safety but also frustration if you may want to stand out.
I wonder if he’s ever had anything positive happen because of it. That list looks like a PITA :)
The "rich" Mark Zuckerburg should give him some compensation for the hassle. That would be right thing to do.
Dennis Ritchie (co-inventor of the C programming language) had a page on his personal web site called “My other lives” with a list of other Dennis Ritchies. “Outside of my main professional career, I have accumulated other WWW-recorded accomplishments and have other interests. Generally I pursue these interests using separate mail addresses, SS#, and DNA.” It's preserved here: https://www.nokia.com/bell-labs/about/de…
Which is preserved here [1]
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20250919063134/https://www.nokia...