When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016)

Re:When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016) by JoeAltmaier on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:51AM (#22957275)

Been noted here on HN: the average web form excludes lots of people. Lots of folks cant fill in: First/middle/last name; unique username/password; social security number; street address; bank account.

And not just folks in Micronesia or whatever. Heck my business partner hasn't got a deliverable street address - no mailbox at his house. He has a PO box. Is a nightmare getting Amazon deliveries that aren't lost, or left in the bushes, or returned undeliverable.

Anyway, yes, there is no average person.

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Re:When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016) by astrea on Thursday April 23, 2020 @01:46PM (#22958655)

The name field situation has never bothered me as a typical American with the standard name format, but as I've grown and met people from different cultures I've learned just how frustrating that part of forms can be. Even (or rather, especially?) government forms are terrible about this.

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Re:When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016) by NickM on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:21PM (#22959161)

Even typical Americans struggle with this sometimes if they have, say, hyphenated last names. I've encountered plenty of software out there that will reject or fail on even such a common case as this.

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Re:When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016) by jbay on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:34AM (#22964675)

There's so many times that an ostensibly international website has rejected me because I don't have a US-formatted numerical zip code. Even when they have a country field.

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