My last name makes me invisible to Computers (2015)

Re:My last name makes me invisible to Computers (2015) by xenadu02 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @03:16AM (#15052137)

> I doubt these issues will go away within even, say, twenty years.

Much like the printing press, I'm 100% certain that the computing (and the internet specifically) is altering human written language across the world.

It is just so much easier to avoid anything outside ASCII because you can be certain ASCII will always work - even though some awful MS Access -> CSV -> SQL -> SQL -> Excel -> SQL -> COBOL ETL pipeline. No matter what version of any software is being used.

Technology has always shaped written language and we should fight to do better but at this point it seems inevitable.

(To be clear: I'm not saying this is a good or desirable state of affairs)

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Re:My last name makes me invisible to Computers (2015) by kpil on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:26AM (#15053528)

I really doubt that there is any transliteration into ASCI that's acceptable to European speakers.

Eg A Ą Å Æ Ä are all different letters in most languages, not simply a pronunciation guide. I think most European languages use at least two from that list.

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Re:My last name makes me invisible to Computers (2015) by tajen on Saturday August 19, 2017 @04:53AM (#15052410)

I wonder what happens if you book an airline ticket as "Miche" instead of "Miché". Will custom/CIA choke on the unmatching name?

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