Hacker News with Generative AI: Usernames

Ask HN: Real name vs. anonymous username – which do you use online and why? (ycombinator.com)
Do you use your real name or an anonymous username when signing up for and using various online platforms—such as Hacker News, Twitter, Discord, and others?
Online Identity, Usernames, Anonymity
29 points by Jaedon_Proctor 15 days ago | 74 comments
Debian opens a can of username worms (lwn.net)
It has long been said that naming things is one of the hard things to do in computer science. That may be so, but it pales in comparison to the challenge of handling usernames properly in applications.
Security, Software, Operating Systems, Linux, Usernames
10 points by signa11 29 days ago | 6 comments
Debian opens a can of username worms (lwn.net)
It has long been said that naming things is one of the hard things to do in computer science. That may be so, but it pales in comparison to the challenge of handling usernames properly in applications.
Debian, Security, Usernames, Open Source
249 points by jwilk 43 days ago | 288 comments