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Dan Q (dan@m.danq.me)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 23:33:46 JST Dan Q

British Gas's programmers don't believe that a surname can be only a single character.
Their customer service agents worked around this by adding a parenthetical note to my record.
The result is hilarious postal mail that tries to reassure me that my surname really is what it is:
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  narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 23:33:45 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:
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  @dan is this you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek)
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    Q (Star Trek)
    
    Q is a fictional character, as well as the name of a race, in Star Trek, appearing in the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Lower Decks, and Picard series and in related media. The most familiar Q is portrayed by John de Lancie. He is an extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over time, space, the laws of physics, and reality itself, being capable of altering it to his whim. Despite his vast knowledge and experience spanning untold eons, he is not above practical jokes for his own personal amusement, for a Machiavellian or manipulative purpose, or to prove a point. He is said to be almost completely omnipotent and he is continually evasive regarding his true motivations. The name "Q" applies to the names of the individuals portrayed (all male and female characters refer to each other as "Q"); it also applies to the name of their race and to the "Q Continuum" itself – an alternate dimension accessible to only the Q and their "invited" guests. The true nature of the realm is said to be beyond the comprehension of "lesser beings" such as humans, therefore it is shown to humans only in...
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  Dan Q (dan@m.danq.me)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 23:51:51 JST Dan Q
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  @hj Folks have sometimes asked me - and which they choose says quite a lot about them, I find - "Q? Is that like Q from Star Trek, or Q from James Bond?"
  My response: "No, it's like Q, the set of all rational numbers."
  Source: https://danq.me/q
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    A couple of deeds poll later, and Claire and I are half-way to having changed our surnames. Our new surname: Q. I hereby declare this blog post to be the official FAQ of the Dan/Claire name change. So there, Ms Q. 1. You've changed your names? Yes, we've changed our names. I'm now "Dan Q", and
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  narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 23:52:18 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:
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  @dan oh, so you are related to Aleph Zero huh
  
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