On a good day I’m up around 5 AM, but I often find myself up even earlier than that. I joined my first Lemmy instance during one of these bouts of insomnia, prompting my username.

My avatar is from a worldbuilding project I work on.

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
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    Lemmy.zip has/had a mismatch between frontend and backend validation on usernames. When the frontend allows something that the backend rejects, you get some random “InvalidName” pop-up on form submission.

    I tried several different variations of my preferred user name, but I couldn’t figure out what was violating backend validation, so finally I settled on InvalidName. Which triggered a server error (500 error or timeout or something, I don’t recall).

    But finally, one glorious moment in time, the lemmy.zip server accepted InvalidName2 without choking, and the rest is history.

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    We call someone who can’t do anything right, or is “useless”,“un zero a l’esquerra”, a zero to the left (as in the zero in 01, which is the same as 1, making the 0 irrelevant).

    I consider myself one such zero to the left, but that’s too long, so leftzero. 🤷‍♂️

    Also… lemmy has profile pictures…?

  • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I chose my username when I was still a teenager, originally with the meaning that I’m a nerd, but not like an amazing or extremely smart nerd, nor extremely awkward. Just your average guy with autism and nerdy on particular subjects.

    I’ve mostly kept with it because it’s how most of my online friends know me, and I still think it’s part of my identity, although I’ve since developed interests that a stereotypical nerd might not have such as cycling, mountain biking, travelling and hiking.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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    Lemmy let’s you have a user avatar? I’ve never seen one using Voyager.

    My username is a Latin phrase meaning (this particular definition is from Wikipedia): In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. The phrase also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants.

    I think rebellion against the US government is required at this point regardless of your political affiliation as our Public Servant’s have shown to not care for who they represent, the American people.

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    I wanted something short and unique and this was somewhat pronounceable with a vowel in the middle

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      I have the user name “aeao” on Xbox. Just 4 letters. One day it’ll be worth millions!

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    Metastasio was an Italian poet and librettist who lived in the 1700’s. Being someone who creates poetry and music, I wanted a name to reflect that but with a modern flair, so I swapped “meta-“ for “giga-.”

    Also, as “metastasis” translates roughly to “changing states,” “gigastasio” can be taken to mean “billions of states,” which is an apt description for how my mind works.

    My pic is just some random pic I took. It’s my kid’s shark stuffie. His name is Chocolate Milk.