There's a lawyer in Philadelphia named Justin Bieber. I'm not sure which would be worse.
Who is Justice Beaver?
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Sorry, an old joke from The Office and I couldn't resits...
I Am Mark Zuckerberg
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#262The most recent hilarious example of this was a British newspaper that contacted “Bill DeBlasio” by email for comment on the NYC mayor election (Bill de Blasio is a former mayor of NYC), without ever verifying (or apparently, even asking) that they had found the person they intended.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper...
The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio — as the Times of London suggested — nor, as The New York Times wrote, a “de Blasio impersonator.”
He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor. “So I just gave him my opinion.”
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#263Another recent name collision story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/british-newspaper-spoke-...
(Note the slightly different spelling; the former mayor is "de Blasio", while the wine importer is "DeBlasio")
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The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio — as the Times of London suggested — nor, as The New York Times wrote, a “de Blasio impersonator.”
He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.
“I’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.
“I never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor. “So I just gave him my opinion.”
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#264Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
People wouldn’t be fond of their name divulging exactly how old they are.
It's not a matter of being fond of, we're trying to be efficient here
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#265I 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.
"Why should I change? He's the one who sucks."
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#266Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Discuss it as in “there’s elections in Argentina, let’s see how we react to the change of administration”. Not as in “I will replace Argentina’s president”. At least the titles/descriptions didn’t contain anything to consider pulling a Snowden about it.
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#267Earlier 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.
Small relative to the number of total influencers maybe, but I'm not sure it's a small number in absolute terms. There are an estimated 12 million full time influencers in the US, and approximately 1% of them have 100k+ followers. That means 120k people likely are making 6 figures at a minimum. Influencers with smaller audiences can still make significant income depending on engagement, sponsorship, demographic, hour…
Six figures ain't what it used to be.
I suspect a majority of folks on this forum make over six figures.
Not sure how many of us can afford bodyguards, though. Bodyguards make a lot. I know a couple.
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I have a relatively rare name — I’ve actually never met anyone with my last name, never mind someone with my full name — and this happens to me regularly. Last week I got a job rejection from New Zealand post, for a while I was getting someone’s pay stub notifications from the US, etc. I suspect it’s because I was the first to register the first.last@gmail.com address for my name. I guess it’s a bit like owning a sim…
Yea I own first.last@gmail.com for my name too and I get emails for who I think is the same person fairly often. Like job stuff, professional education emails, etc. I used to reply to them saying wrong person but have given up...the guy must not care about not getting these emails... My first name is very uncommon and my last name is very common.
I own tsrif.last@gmail.com and luckily I don't get any misdirected mail there.
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#269Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a relatively rare name — I’ve actually never met anyone with my last name, never mind someone with my full name — and this happens to me regularly. Last week I got a job rejection from New Zealand post, for a while I was getting someone’s pay stub notifications from the US, etc. I suspect it’s because I was the first to register the first.last@gmail.com address for my name. I guess it’s a bit like owning a sim…
I use my lastname [at] gmail (same as my HN username). Over the years, I’ve received all sorts of misdirected messages: medical, financial, support, even real estate documents. When it seems important, I do my best to contact the sender and let them know. What I’ve learned is that “no-reply” email addresses can cause real harm in situations where it’s critical to reach an actual person.
My dad's first name is my last name so my last name @gmail is taken by him :)
But I have a relatively rare first name and even rarer last name due to my dad having a very rare first name, so I easily snagged first.last. Pretty sure to this day I've never even seen anyone with my dad's first name (or my last name).
Meanwhile, my coworkers name is literally Adam Smith and his usernames tend to be adamsmith2 or 3 or 4.
I once worked at a place that has two Brian Smiths who worked at desks across from each other. That was quite bizarre.
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#270Earlier quoted context omitted.
Small relative to the number of total influencers maybe, but I'm not sure it's a small number in absolute terms. There are an estimated 12 million full time influencers in the US, and approximately 1% of them have 100k+ followers. That means 120k people likely are making 6 figures at a minimum. Influencers with smaller audiences can still make significant income depending on engagement, sponsorship, demographic, hour…
Six figures ain't what it used to be. I suspect a majority of folks on this forum make over six figures. Not sure how many of us can afford bodyguards, though. Bodyguards make a lot. I know a couple.
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