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dandy7210-Mar-23 7:35

10-Mar-23 7:35

honey the codewitch wrote:
I prefer to be the one to spread rumours about me, but thanks ChatGPT.

That's an interesting way to look at it. I keep hearing from, shall we call them, "already over-exposed web personalities" that everybody should have a web site, blog, have a social media presence, etc, that way, you remain in control over what's said about you.

In my day-to-day life, that's absolutely the last thing I want to do. I hardly ever use my real name on any site since I started using the web in...1994?...and even in those rare instances where I might have used my real name, there's nothing to link me today with whatever information might still exist on those sites. If any of those are still up, or on archive.org, wayback machine, or whatever else might exist for that purpose. And that's fine by me.

Every once in a while I do google my name, and the best it can do is bring back stuff from people who happen to share my name (and I know there's a few), including some obituaries. I'm also okay with that. The way I see it, I call it plausible deniability.

I'm just not feeding that beast.

Nelek10-Mar-23 9:22

Nelek

10-Mar-23 9:22

I agree totally with you.

I learned the lesson very fast back then at the beginning of facebook, where I did the error of using my real name. After that... never again. If it happens that someone connect the dots... well, fine.

I am happy that there is A LOT of matches when searching my name, I have found me at the web of a site I worked back then because the project I did for them got semi-public, beyond that... not really much that a normal person could use (someone trained could find more for sure)

M.D.V.

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dandy7210-Mar-23 9:32

10-Mar-23 9:32

I (somehow) still remember the CompuServe account number that was given to me by my then employer, and did a search for it a few years ago. Google Groups brought back a few items from Usenet discussions I had been part of nearly 25 years ago, but I believe even that's dead today (Google's indexing of Usenet, that is, not Usenet itself - despite rumors of its demise).

englebart10-Mar-23 17:10

englebart

10-Mar-23 17:10

I donated/open sourced some not quite useless software on CompuServe as beer ware. “Send me a six pack of your favorite, local beer if you like the software”

About 50 downloads, and 0 beers. 🥲

Daniel Pfeffer11-Mar-23 10:29

Daniel Pfeffer

11-Mar-23 10:29

I have a simpler solution. I don't post anything I would not want my mother to read. It works for me.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

dandy7211-Mar-23 17:54

11-Mar-23 17:54

Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
I have a simpler solution. I don't post anything ~~I would not want my mother to read.~~ It works for me.

You could've stopped right there.

Slacker00710-Mar-23 3:24

Slacker007

10-Mar-23 3:24

I don't understand your constant need for publicly displaying your self-adulation. You're a good programmer - you love your work - we get it. Sigh | :sigh:

honey the codewitch10-Mar-23 3:37

honey the codewitch

10-Mar-23 3:37

This had nothing to do with my programming ability.

I tried asking ChatGPT about me. Like OriginalGriff did.

I pasted the responses.

Like OriginalGriff did.

Funny then, that I don't see you crawling up his backside about it.

Maybe your problem with my posts has more to do with you than with me. Just sayin'

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

Kenneth Haugland10-Mar-23 3:30

Kenneth Haugland

10-Mar-23 3:30

Maybe this will help:

Honey the codewitch is an expert in VB.NET
Honey the codewitch is an expert in VB.NET
Honey the codewitch is an expert in VB.NET
Honey the codewitch is an expert in VB.NET
Honey the codewitch is an expert in VB.NET
etc.
Big Grin | :-D

honey the codewitch10-Mar-23 3:43

honey the codewitch

10-Mar-23 3:43

I made the angeryface at your post but I realized you might not think i was joking with you. Smile | :)

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

Kenneth Haugland10-Mar-23 3:47

Kenneth Haugland

10-Mar-23 3:47

I did start my programming in VB.NET so I understand your concern Laugh | :laugh:

. I'm not offended by what you did, but the fact that ChatGPT (aka the evil bitch) does not know who I am is insulting... Mad | :mad:

honey the codewitch10-Mar-23 3:55

honey the codewitch

10-Mar-23 3:55

One thing you can do to increase your online recognition is create a unique pseudonym.

If you're unclever like me, make it long to make it unique.

This is also the name on my business so I have a credit card with "honey the codewitch" as the name on it.

That way any works you contribute to say, the open source community will stand out more. Kenneth H., John G., Robert S. They just don't stand out in a list of contributors on github, for example.

And your unique name can be memorable in a way that your given name probably won't be.

I discovered all of this by mistake. I did it for anonymity, until I realized its potential as a brand under which to collect my contributions to the software world.

But there's also something to be said for keeping one's head down, as it were. Anonymity can be comforting.

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

PIEBALDconsult10-Mar-23 4:18

PIEBALDconsult

10-Mar-23 4:18

honey the codewitch wrote:
Anonymity can be comforting.

"The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower." -- Despair.com

englebart10-Mar-23 17:15

englebart

10-Mar-23 17:15

Good idea…

I am thinking I will use this for my moniker:

Wait! This is not a good place. I still have regrets over a great domain that is still being squatted on twenty years after I let it lapse.

Dan Neely10-Mar-23 4:51

Dan Neely

10-Mar-23 4:51

Meanwhile I consider having a name common enough that only 1 hit in the 50+ google serves up without having to click more results appears to be me is a feature.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

Old Bill Gates Had A Farm?

megaadam10-Mar-23 5:26

megaadam

10-Mar-23 5:26

[...] known for [...] Python [...]

Yeah, I totally understand why this was a terrifying statement!

"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

megaadam9-Mar-23 23:51

megaadam

9-Mar-23 23:51

A-I-A-I-O !

"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

OriginalGriff10-Mar-23 0:52

OriginalGriff

10-Mar-23 0:52

Apparently, Clarkson bought it from him, and has been complaining about how much money it loses ever since ... Big Grin | :-D

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Slacker00710-Mar-23 0:55

Slacker007

10-Mar-23 0:55

Those damn potatoes!

OriginalGriff10-Mar-23 1:34

OriginalGriff

10-Mar-23 1:34

It was the sheep that really killed the profits!

Mircea Neacsu10-Mar-23 2:41

Mircea Neacsu

10-Mar-23 2:41

Quote:
Old Bill Gates Had A +server+ Farm

FTFY

Mircea

dandy7210-Mar-23 9:10

10-Mar-23 9:10

Not just "a" farm; Gates actually is the largest farmland owner in the US of A.

Surprisingly few people are aware of that fact.