Historical Reasons
11 days ago
- #Honorifics
- #Cultural History
- #Unix
- Proposal to retire usernames on Unix systems as an honorific, similar to retiring sports jerseys.
- Patch to useradd.c was rejected, but the modified version was run personally.
- Reflection on embedding cultural history into codebases and shared heritage.
- Comparison to retired numbers in sports (e.g., 99 in NHL, 6 in NBA) and suggestion to apply similar respect to usernames like 'dmr'.