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I've changed my username (again)! 0d_billie => h3x
It transpires that after the first time changing my username, I didn't learn my lesson about using a possible deadname in an online identity. Well, I changed my name in real life for the second time earlier this year, and now /u/deimos has helpfully changed it for me here. When I was at Uni, my friends and I had a long conversation about what our Matrix-style hacker names would be. I picked Hex back then, and it feels fitting to bring it back in some form now. So with that in mind: Howdy, I'm h3x :)
If you were a character in the Matrix, what would your super cool hacker name be?
Nice one! I'd probably use the same name I've been using for gaming for the past 25 years: Zeitghast. I've only seen a few instances of it used by someone else (and one of those might even have been me but I forgot the login info) and having used it for so long, it just feels like home now.
Oh that's a fun one!
Hiya h3x!
Did you consider a square grid-based username or were you fully committed to bestagons?
oh it’s all about the bestagons!
Guess you could say hexagons are the hexagreatest
Speaking of hexagons and -ist endings, have you ever tried the game Super Hexagon? The difficulties are Hard, Harder, and Hardest, but there are 3 secret difficulties too: Hardester, Hardestest, and of course how could one forget about Hardestestest
any tips for updating financial etc information smoothly with the new name?
Caveat: I’m not sure where in the world you are, and what follows is very UK-oriented.
The only one that comes to mind is to make a list of everywhere you need to change your name. There are some good lists online that can jog up some ideas. And then try to prioritise that list according to urgency.
Both times I’ve done it (and there’ll be a third next year when I get married) I went in the rough order of Work (who inform HMRC for me) > Primary bank account > Credit card > Car registration and driving licence > NHS and other doctors
It’s helpful to have a bunch of copies of your deed poll document so you can send out multiple of these at once, although increasingly places can just accept a scanned version.
hm. doesn't seem too bad. Thanks! Next time you change it, if you want to use 'tomf' for a middle name, that's totally fine :)