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Re:Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking by BurningFrog on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:21PM (#20300304)
This can't coexist all that well with the main purpose of names: To distinguish people from each other...
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Re:Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking by Avshalom on Thursday June 27, 2019 @11:35PM (#20301274)
Rome managed hundreds of years with like 2 names and numbering their kids
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Re:Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking by kjeetgill on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:23AM (#20301452)
Even worse they changed names entirely over their lifetimes. Looking at you one of 10 "Gaius Octavius"s. Specifically G. O. Thurinus ahem Agustus.
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Re:Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking by BurningFrog on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:14AM (#20301673)
Not to mention two Rome's...
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Re:Sikh drivers are transforming U.S. trucking by dmos62 on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:10AM (#20302652)
Well it's a bit like browser fingerprinting right? You don't need seven billion different UserAgents to distinguish users. A few features is enough to distinguish this Chrome user from another. That's especially true with small population size: all these traditions started out small.
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