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The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by derriz »

kmoser wrote: post #6
zhivota wrote: post #3

Honestly the best thing to do might be to change your name at this point. I'm glad my name is not common, this kind of issue is going to only get worse in the future.

That is trading one problem for another: when the name on your birth certificate doesn't match the name on your government issued ID, certain other government entities tend to deny you services.

This is the case for me - since the age of 4 or 5. I don’t live in the US but have lived and worked in 3 different countries and the only time it was an issue was getting married. Everything else - bank accounts, drivers license, residency permits, employer background checks, etc were no problem.

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by altmanaltman »

kazinator wrote: post #4

You can't seriously match people on first and last name and claim "fully matched". Think of how manny John Smiths there are? How can this be the company started by Wozniak and Jobs ...

> How can this be the company started by Wozniak and Jobs ...

The same Jobs that routinely denied publicly that he was the parent of his daughter, even though he knew? The same Jobs that cheated Wozniak financially? The same Jobs that led to a change in legal legislation on how organ transplants work?

The world needs to move on from this marketing bs that he was somehow a "great" man who is morally solid and must be doing the right thing. Apple is precisely the company founded by Jobs.

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by deeplytroubled »

kmoser wrote: post #6
zhivota wrote: post #3

Honestly the best thing to do might be to change your name at this point. I'm glad my name is not common, this kind of issue is going to only get worse in the future.

That is trading one problem for another: when the name on your birth certificate doesn't match the name on your government issued ID, certain other government entities tend to deny you services.

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Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by praptak »

areoform wrote: post #2

Something like this happened to me and it has cost me $20k+ over time, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded... Mercury unblocked my accounts because their founder is a very kind man who bothered to verify what the document actually says rather than falling back to, "Computer says no." But everywhere else? De nada. Computer says no. And it's not even me. It's a fuzzy match with someone in their…

Terrorism went from "kill one person to scare millions" to "stir shit up to cripple the adversary with the costs of prevention".

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by mock-possum »

areoform wrote: post #2

Something like this happened to me and it has cost me $20k+ over time, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded... Mercury unblocked my accounts because their founder is a very kind man who bothered to verify what the document actually says rather than falling back to, "Computer says no." But everywhere else? De nada. Computer says no. And it's not even me. It's a fuzzy match with someone in their…

How can you possibly afford to pay $100k for something like this? That’s so much money!

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by reaperducer »

Aozora7 wrote: post #26

This is one of the obvious consequences of not having a national identity number assigned to everyone at birth, which exist in most developed countries, except for anglosphere, for some reason.

for some reason.

The reason is there. It's no big secret. Pick up a history book.

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by Extropy_ »

reaperducer wrote: post #28
Aozora7 wrote: post #26

This is one of the obvious consequences of not having a national identity number assigned to everyone at birth, which exist in most developed countries, except for anglosphere, for some reason.

for some reason. The reason is there. It's no big secret. Pick up a history book.

Care to be a little less vague? Maybe a little more helpful?

Re: The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

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Post by areoform »

mock-possum wrote: post #27
areoform wrote: post #2

Something like this happened to me and it has cost me $20k+ over time, https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/on-apples-expanded... Mercury unblocked my accounts because their founder is a very kind man who bothered to verify what the document actually says rather than falling back to, "Computer says no." But everywhere else? De nada. Computer says no. And it's not even me. It's a fuzzy match with someone in their…

How can you possibly afford to pay $100k for something like this? That’s so much money!

Can I afford to? No.

But will I have to? Yes.

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