The output is inconsistent across procps utils as well. In top my
username is shown as "baldridg" (instead of baldridgeec) whereas ps
shows "1000".

ps already has the option "n" to format UIDs as numbers in case of
visual confusion. I think by default it should truncate the name if
necessary and rely on the user to use "ps un " or similar if they need
the UID number.

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procps 3.2.3 onward use uids instead of usernames when they would truncate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14027
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