There's nothing stopping you from registering a new user, using the "about" section at https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dhmholley to point to that new user, and perhaps even pointing back at 'dmholley from the new user. Your name would be changed, and everyone would know it.
The only thing that wouldn't transfer would be your valuable internet points.
The only thing that wouldn't transfer would be your valuable internet points.