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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by jachee on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:02AM (#20705263)
Just beware the Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...
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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by resoluteteeth on Thursday August 15, 2019 @10:17AM (#20705400)
This isn't particularly relevant to generating a limited subset of valid names.
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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by jachee on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:26PM (#20708751)
Yeah, I misremembered the moral of this list. Ah well, my karmic price has been paid.
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Re:Columnist asked researchers what they could find out from... by vxNsr on Thursday August 15, 2019 @12:47PM (#20706948)
That's kinda the opposite side of this issue. No need to worry about it because the generator knows all the names, that listicle is about user-generated input.
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