From c248051d98979ca6f9b6f0f0caa1ca7ddda230f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "C. McEnroe" Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 03:46:17 -0400 Subject: Publish "Names" --- www/text.causal.agency/028-names.7 | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ www/text.causal.agency/Makefile | 1 + 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/text.causal.agency/028-names.7 diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/028-names.7 b/www/text.causal.agency/028-names.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..de47c074 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/028-names.7 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.Dd October 30, 2021 +.Dt NAMES 7 +.Os "Causal Agency" +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm Names +.Nd three types +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +There are (at least) three +different types of names +a person has. +. +.Pp +First, there are normie names. +These are names usually made up +of several words +each of which is capitalized. +Most people have one of these, +but it's possible to have more. +They're names that might appear on +various types of Documents. +A +.Dq legal name +(dubious) +is a normie name, +but normie names need not be +.Dq legal +(dubious). +I list this category first +not because it's more important, +but because it is by far the most boring. +. +.Pp +Next, there are Real Names. +Most people have at least a few +and will probably go through +different ones over time. +Your Real Names are anything people +use to refer to you. +On the internet these are often not capitalized. +Sometimes that is the only distinction +between a Real Name +and a normie name. +. +.Pp +There was a period of time +when I was playing a lot of TF2 +and not really leaving my apartment. +I had set my steam name to +.Dq gluten product +(yeah, from that dril tweet) +and I talked in the game's voice chat +quite a bit. +Naturally other Gamers in voice chat +called me +.Dq gluten +and at some point I realized +that over the span of months +I had been refered to as +.Dq gluten +more often than any other name. +So that was a Real Name of mine. +People used it and I responded to it. +. +.Pp +Last, there are the True Names. +The kind of name that knowledge of +gives one power over a person. +I don't think any humans +know their own True Names, +but I do believe they exist. +It's possible that other animals +know theirs. +It's probably best not to know though, right? +I think if I knew mine +I would always worry +about accidentally revealing it. +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An june Aq Mt june@causal.agency diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile index 5b3c86b8..af50eee7 100644 --- a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ TXTS += 024-seprintf.txt TXTS += 025-v6-pwd.txt TXTS += 026-git-comment.txt TXTS += 027-openbsd-linode.txt +TXTS += 028-names.txt all: colb ${TXTS} -- cgit 1.4.1 follow=1'>Reorganize bin and Makefile once againJune McEnroe 2019-01-17Don't use string functions in ttpreJune McEnroe 2019-01-16Fix some symbols in sans8x16June McEnroe 2019-01-15Add basic HISTFILE load and saveJune McEnroe 2019-01-15Add !! alias in cashJune McEnroe 2019-01-15Add shell and unshell targetsJune McEnroe 2019-01-15Use \$ in cash PS1 and add # to RPS1June McEnroe 2019-01-15Use flock(2) when loading and saving historyJune McEnroe 2019-01-15Add sans8x16.psfJune McEnroe 2019-01-14Add guides to psfedJune McEnroe 2019-01-14Check for NULL copy or undo buffers in psfedJune McEnroe 2019-01-14Add cash.7 READMEJune McEnroe 2019-01-14Document old=new argument of fc -sJune McEnroe 2019-01-14Allow replacing empty string with fc old=newJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Enable warnings in libeditJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Show full path in RPS1June McEnroe 2019-01-13Shorten $HOME to ~ in prompt expansionJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Document PSlitJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Document PS0June McEnroe 2019-01-13Set PS0 in cashJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Add PS0June McEnroe 2019-01-13Change default ENV from cashrc to env.shJune McEnroe 2019-01-13Use colours in cash promptsJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Set PSlit like NetBSD shJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Install gnupg2 from pkgsrc and symlink gpgJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Reference cash builtin man pages in cash.1 SEE ALSOJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Restore cash builtin man page datesJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Use local libeditJune McEnroe 2019-01-12Replace libedit MakefileJune McEnroe 2019-01-11Import /usr/src/lib/libedit from NetBSD 8.0June McEnroe 2019-01-11Add PSlit for prompt escapesJune McEnroe 2019-01-11Don't make depend automaticallyJune McEnroe