Re:I couldn't debug the code because of my name
by kmlx on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:56PM
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it was 30 years ago when i discovered that it doesn’t really matter what my name is. the system i’m interacting with expects my name to be “john” or something like that. so i let it be.
30 years later and i completely dropped all non-latin chars from my name in any and all forms. from airplane tickets to passport to you name it.
and you know what? no one cared about non-latin. not even the government. i loled when i actually realised.
i’ve encountered zero issues ever since.
and it’s been the same for lots of my friends. they just adopted some western name. case closed, no more issues.
it all depends on who much importance you attribute to your name. for me it’s always been a random variable. for others it’s a matter of pride. but to the “system” it will be a “random list of chars”, sometimes latin, other times utf.
30 years later and i completely dropped all non-latin chars from my name in any and all forms. from airplane tickets to passport to you name it.
and you know what? no one cared about non-latin. not even the government. i loled when i actually realised.
i’ve encountered zero issues ever since.
and it’s been the same for lots of my friends. they just adopted some western name. case closed, no more issues.
it all depends on who much importance you attribute to your name. for me it’s always been a random variable. for others it’s a matter of pride. but to the “system” it will be a “random list of chars”, sometimes latin, other times utf.