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Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by xg15 »

piker wrote: post #45

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…

I wonder if the emergence of "virtual celebrities" like VTubers has anything to do with that. Seems like the best of both worlds: You get the loyal fanbase and positive energy of a celebrity, but can also simply "log out" of that identity if it would negatively impact your "real" life.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

squigz wrote: post #179
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, but the number of "influencers," even making six digits, is small. A couple months ago, I was at a stoplight, and this kid in an old beater was in the left-turn lane, to my left. He had a steadycam rig in the passenger seat, and was nattering on about something.

We would need to define "famous", because just because someone has a steady cam doesn't mean they're famous :P I would think the amount of "famous" "influencers" making that much is a much higher percentage. Outside of that Twitch leak some years ago, is there any reliable data on how much content creators make?

Fair 'nuff. Certainly not something I feel like dedicating any time to researching.

I suspect that the number of folks that need bodyguards, but can't hire them, is nonzero.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by rvnx »

walletdrainer wrote: post #153
yreg wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, we know what it is and we also know that it is terrible for identification. Just hand out IDs with an actual unique id number with a check digit to _all_ citizens.

How is it terrible? SSNs rather reliably identify individual people, actual non-fraudulent collisions are very rare. The fraud is a separate issue and SSNs are obviously misused, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a reasonable system to uniquely identify multiple people with the same name and DOB.

The fact it is tied to social security and is not called “national ID” shows already it is a legacy system, + the fact there is no authentication in place

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by catoc »

hoppp wrote: post #158
greesil wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would make parties a bit awkward, but it would avoid collisions.

Hi,my name is 1bd0a30d-b415-4747-9650-f1f6e530cd2a, can I get you something to drink?

Hmm, yes, I don’t know what I want, but I’m sure we’ll hash it out together

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by xg15 »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #107
piker wrote: post #45

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…

With the Internet, you can now be famous, without being rich. Many of the truly rich people are quite anonymous. The billionaires you read about are really just the tip of the iceberg.

Also interesting how the definition of "famous" has changed due to that: We now have thousands of "micro-celebrities" who undoubtedly have a fan/celebrity relationship with their specific audience, yet are completely unknown to a wider audience. So even fame is now a relative term.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by donatj »

After we got acquired I suddenly found myself getting invitations to many many meetings I had no place in. It took me a number of years to figure out it was down to myself and the companies lead architect sharing the same given name. At the time we were the only two Jesse's in a pretty big company. The problem seems to have gone away since we hired more.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by hasbot »

I have the same name as a former MLB player. We both use Yahoo Mail. I was there first and use my name without the middle initial as my email address. He uses his middle initial. I've received many emails for him where people have overlooked the use of his middle initial. Sometimes it takes me a second to realize the mistake and I'm wondering WTF is this email on about.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

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Post by chtitux »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #72
jowea wrote: post #11

This is why we should replace names with uuids.

I propose we use UUIDv4 to interfere with any attempts to build demographic databases.

I strongly suggest UUIDv7, with our birthdate encoded as time.

Ordering the world population by birthday becomes so easy. Plus no endless discussion on wether or not we should use UUID as primary key.

Re: I Am Mark Zuckerberg

#190

Post by mcdonje »

I would change my name. Family tradition isn't worth the hassle. The older people in my family would eventually get over it. This harassment will not stop.
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