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Using a non-common name heals all. We have too many David in the same office. It's appealing for people to remember so that it sounds nice. But it defeats the p

by dclara 13y ago

Using a non-common name heals all. We have too many David in the same office. It's appealing for people to remember so that it sounds nice. But it defeats the purpose for us to have a name. Name should make you unique.

egypturnash 13y ago
He'll just pop back about eighteen years and ask his parents to pick a different one, then? Or spend a few hundred bucks, and a few days of hassle, to get it changed. Oh and plus ordering some new proofs of name change every now and then whenever he needs to submit a birth certificate to something. I'm sure he's got no sentimental attachment to his name either. I can't see your plan of "have a unique name" resulting in any problems for him. (I have changed my name for very different reason, I know precisely how much hassle it causes in the US.)
- tommu 13y ago
  In choosing egypturnash you achieved your objective.
- dclara 13y ago
  I went through the name changing process too, although not for myself. I don't mean he needs to change his name to avoid this type of problem. But I raised a common problem for people to concern, especially for the next generation. Our culture is encouraging more and more fast food and simple, short thinking. I don't quite value that value, especially from developer's point of view. As you can see, how complicated processes are involved in VLSI chip design and circuit design in iPhone. If people applied the same culture or manner or habit, we would not have those great products. His problem is a dilemma because financial systems have to be that strict. There are just two many duplicated names even in one location. But I agree that simple name are more welcomed in the real life. So maybe our financial systems should be adjusted to use more field to uniquely identify a person.
  - kevinchen 13y ago
    What does the complexity of PCB design have to do with improving customer service?
    - dclara 13y ago
      I'm seeing things on both sides. They have bad customer service due to some reasons such as operational cost. But it's necessary for their business to disqualified you and they have the right to reject serving you since the service is free on your clients side. Please don't take it for granted that you must be served. That's why I suggest them if they cannot afford the customer support like other decent online financial systems, they may verify on large transactions only so that they may still get the chance to serve customers with small or medium transactions, while large transaction itself can cover the service cost. On the other hand, did you see there is another post directly suggesting you to have your name changed with a middle initial. Don't think you are always 100% perfect and it's all other people's fault. This is another caveat in culture for the new generation. When conflict occurs, check on yourself side first. I gave you advice because I wish this type of thing would not happen to you again. If you don't learn the lesson, you may have more similar type of experience down the road. Didn't you see the other people's story with his credit record? Do you think it's fun? You didn't get my point at all. Choosing simple name and always making job simple has the same culture background as fast food. I don't need to mention about the good or bad about it. Everybody can make his own choice. You may stick to your common name and have the other consequences. Other than you, yourself, who will care? iPhone is not made with regular PCB design techniques, it's not that easy. VLSI design is not PCB design. With this type of attitude, you are not qualified for any of those professional work until you are trained or change your attitude. This is my point. BTW, if you don't mind, can you please tell me how you down voted me? Is it done by complaining to the YC admin? I can have different opinion with you, but I'm helping you. I will not down vote you because I have different opinion with you. What a decent manner you have.
      - kevinchen 13y ago
        > On the other hand, did you see there is another post directly suggesting you to have your name changed with a middle initial. Right, I responded saying that I already have a middle initial which uniquely identifies me in the US, but Square won't take it on the signup form. > Don't think you are always 100% perfect and it's all other people's fault. […] When conflict occurs, check on yourself side first. I gave you advice because I wish this type of thing would not happen to you again. You are correct. However, I believe I made a genuine effort to find out what's going on: I spend hours researching on Square's website, comparing policies with other payment companies and other companies that use knowledge-based verification, and trying to ask them to clarify things I didn't understand. > If you don't learn the lesson, you may have more similar type of experience down the road. Didn't you see the other people's story with his credit record? Do you think it's fun? The person shared a name with someone else, so the system decided to merge their credit histories after awhile. That is not the customer's fault if they make a wholehearted effort to fix things. > You didn't get my point at all. Choosing simple name and always making job simple has the same culture background as fast food. I don't need to mention about the good or bad about it. Everybody can make his own choice. I did not choose my own name. > You may stick to your common name and have the other consequences. Other than you, yourself, who will care? For me, there is no way to win this game. Yes, I could waste a ton of time and money changing my name, updating government records, convincing everyone I meet that I am not an identity thief, re-purchasing things like domain names, etc. On the other hand, I could waste a bunch of time getting mixed up with other people named Kevin Chen. Philosophically, that's asking humans to change themselves for the machine's convenience. As an engineer, I think that's a backwards concept and it should be the other way around. > iPhone is not made with regular PCB design techniques, it's not that easy. VLSI design is not PCB design. With this type of attitude, you are not qualified for any of those professional work until you are trained or change your attitude. This is my point. My attitude (as seen in other comments and in my post) is that I try to understand the other side and expect people to treat each other with courtesy. > BTW, if you don't mind, can you please tell me how you down voted me? If you were downvoted, I didn't do it. I just wanted to get some clarification on a seemingly off-topic comment.
logicchains 13y ago
How about 'Root Null'? With a name like that, their systems would tremble.
- dclara 13y ago
  I guess eCommerce sites should know how to deal with online identity. Either verifying on transactions with large amount only or be really serious to come out with a paper process proven by the local financial institute. I recently encountered such case with US TreasuryDirect online. If they are not able to identify you, they have the paper process in place to you to follow.
- edraferi 13y ago
  well hello there little bobby tables! http://xkcd.com/327/ http://xkcd.com/327/

by dclara 13y ago

egypturnash 13y ago

He'll just pop back about eighteen years and ask his parents to pick a different one, then? Or spend a few hundred bucks, and a few days of hassle, to get it changed. Oh and plus ordering some new proofs of name change every now and then whenever he needs to submit a birth certificate to something. I'm sure he's got no sentimental attachment to his name either. I can't see your plan of "have a unique name" resulting in any problems for him. (I have changed my name for very different reason, I know precisely how much hassle it causes in the US.)

tommu 13y ago
In choosing egypturnash you achieved your objective.
dclara 13y ago
I went through the name changing process too, although not for myself. I don't mean he needs to change his name to avoid this type of problem. But I raised a common problem for people to concern, especially for the next generation. Our culture is encouraging more and more fast food and simple, short thinking. I don't quite value that value, especially from developer's point of view. As you can see, how complicated processes are involved in VLSI chip design and circuit design in iPhone. If people applied the same culture or manner or habit, we would not have those great products. His problem is a dilemma because financial systems have to be that strict. There are just two many duplicated names even in one location. But I agree that simple name are more welcomed in the real life. So maybe our financial systems should be adjusted to use more field to uniquely identify a person.
- kevinchen 13y ago
  What does the complexity of PCB design have to do with improving customer service?
  - dclara 13y ago
    I'm seeing things on both sides. They have bad customer service due to some reasons such as operational cost. But it's necessary for their business to disqualified you and they have the right to reject serving you since the service is free on your clients side. Please don't take it for granted that you must be served. That's why I suggest them if they cannot afford the customer support like other decent online financial systems, they may verify on large transactions only so that they may still get the chance to serve customers with small or medium transactions, while large transaction itself can cover the service cost. On the other hand, did you see there is another post directly suggesting you to have your name changed with a middle initial. Don't think you are always 100% perfect and it's all other people's fault. This is another caveat in culture for the new generation. When conflict occurs, check on yourself side first. I gave you advice because I wish this type of thing would not happen to you again. If you don't learn the lesson, you may have more similar type of experience down the road. Didn't you see the other people's story with his credit record? Do you think it's fun? You didn't get my point at all. Choosing simple name and always making job simple has the same culture background as fast food. I don't need to mention about the good or bad about it. Everybody can make his own choice. You may stick to your common name and have the other consequences. Other than you, yourself, who will care? iPhone is not made with regular PCB design techniques, it's not that easy. VLSI design is not PCB design. With this type of attitude, you are not qualified for any of those professional work until you are trained or change your attitude. This is my point. BTW, if you don't mind, can you please tell me how you down voted me? Is it done by complaining to the YC admin? I can have different opinion with you, but I'm helping you. I will not down vote you because I have different opinion with you. What a decent manner you have.
    - kevinchen 13y ago
      > On the other hand, did you see there is another post directly suggesting you to have your name changed with a middle initial. Right, I responded saying that I already have a middle initial which uniquely identifies me in the US, but Square won't take it on the signup form. > Don't think you are always 100% perfect and it's all other people's fault. […] When conflict occurs, check on yourself side first. I gave you advice because I wish this type of thing would not happen to you again. You are correct. However, I believe I made a genuine effort to find out what's going on: I spend hours researching on Square's website, comparing policies with other payment companies and other companies that use knowledge-based verification, and trying to ask them to clarify things I didn't understand. > If you don't learn the lesson, you may have more similar type of experience down the road. Didn't you see the other people's story with his credit record? Do you think it's fun? The person shared a name with someone else, so the system decided to merge their credit histories after awhile. That is not the customer's fault if they make a wholehearted effort to fix things. > You didn't get my point at all. Choosing simple name and always making job simple has the same culture background as fast food. I don't need to mention about the good or bad about it. Everybody can make his own choice. I did not choose my own name. > You may stick to your common name and have the other consequences. Other than you, yourself, who will care? For me, there is no way to win this game. Yes, I could waste a ton of time and money changing my name, updating government records, convincing everyone I meet that I am not an identity thief, re-purchasing things like domain names, etc. On the other hand, I could waste a bunch of time getting mixed up with other people named Kevin Chen. Philosophically, that's asking humans to change themselves for the machine's convenience. As an engineer, I think that's a backwards concept and it should be the other way around. > iPhone is not made with regular PCB design techniques, it's not that easy. VLSI design is not PCB design. With this type of attitude, you are not qualified for any of those professional work until you are trained or change your attitude. This is my point. My attitude (as seen in other comments and in my post) is that I try to understand the other side and expect people to treat each other with courtesy. > BTW, if you don't mind, can you please tell me how you down voted me? If you were downvoted, I didn't do it. I just wanted to get some clarification on a seemingly off-topic comment.

logicchains 13y ago

How about 'Root Null'? With a name like that, their systems would tremble.

dclara 13y ago
I guess eCommerce sites should know how to deal with online identity. Either verifying on transactions with large amount only or be really serious to come out with a paper process proven by the local financial institute. I recently encountered such case with US TreasuryDirect online. If they are not able to identify you, they have the paper process in place to you to follow.
edraferi 13y ago
well hello there little bobby tables! http://xkcd.com/327/ http://xkcd.com/327/