Spyke
lemmy.world

WOW lol, big fan of kids shows who put in some jokes for the adults, that is a spicy one tho!

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Someone whose name is Dick must face a lot of issues in addition to email IDs

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sh.itjust.works

I worked in IT for a bit and the automatically generated emails were first initial last name

With manual adjustments in some cases, such as Sarah Hart (shart@...)

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My company users first letter of the name and the full surname. I thought it was odd when I saw Gina.Ross@... Until I realized.

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fedia.io

It's just an invitation to use the Unix finger utility to find user info on them. Like a shortcut to a profile.

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I have always made a .plan file on every unix-like system I have been on. Just in case I get fingered. Heck, even my at home single user devices have a .plan. Just to give the hackers a treat.

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This is a priceless gift, Megan. Use it to its fullest potential, and great things will follow.

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boonhetreply
lemm.ee

Okay if the ha came from Hannah, was her last name Dcock? Or was it Hannah D. Cock?

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boonhetreply
lemm.ee

Oh, duh. As a person who's had the same firstletterlastname format email at a company I've worked at, I should've realized that lmao

Mostly I get given my first name or full name. Getting just [email protected] feels pretty awesome when it's a common-ish name too.

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Unfortunately that's always been in small orgs lol

Though in one that grew rapidly, I was in the last batch of people whose mugs had no last names on them. I think my employment contract was like #80 or something and 3 years later when I left, there were like 200 or 300 people working there

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I used to work with a guy named Paul Nessel who became "PNESS" on our network.

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lemmy.world

The other way around would be cooler. Sounds like a pirate in pain.

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I really hope she was able to get a different email. Cause after this has made the rounds on the internet theres no way that address is even usable anymore.

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sopuli.xyz

Is this a US university? I'd imagine this Megan Finger here could sue for millions of punitive damages for getting such a username.

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Sibboreply
sopuli.xyz

Yeah, or make a scene and be rich. What would you do?

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contact IT and get it changed. who's got time to spend years in court to settle for three fiddy..

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Maggotyreply
lemmy.world

Most states have laws saying there has to be a chance to take a simple remedy first. So your case would likely get thrown out if you didn't go to IT and try first. It's when you give them the opportunity to fix it and they refuse that you get rich.

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even without such a law everyone's going to think you're an idiot anyways and not bother with your nonsense, always get evidence in writing.

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Contact IT and get it change. There's no way this is worthy of a lawsuit, let alone something worth million.

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I've heard you guys hate puns, but dedicating a whole lawsuit type to them is a bit over the edge, IMO...

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