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From the article: > This list is by no means exhaustive. If you need examples of real names which disprove any of the above commonly held misconceptions, I wi
by NOGDP 6y ago
From the article:
> This list is by no means exhaustive. If you need examples of real names which disprove any of the above commonly held misconceptions, I will happily introduce you to several.
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> 40. People have names.
- jayd16 6y agoSome oauth systems will give you a user id or an email but not permission to see a name, for example.
- zimpenfish 6y agoPrince, famously, didn't have what we'd recognise as a name for years. All the "Unknown Soldier"s don't have names. "John/Jane Doe" doesn't technically have a name.
- goto11 6y agoThese examples seem somewhat contrived, but of course it comes down to the use case of the database. I'm sure Prince remained registered under his legal name on contracts, checks etc, even if he used the symbol in marketing. But a database over bodies in a morgue obviously need to be able to support unidentified bodies.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoInteresting, I think you're right. According to Wikipedia, he only changed his stage name, not his legal name. The BBC didn't seem to make the distinction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) , https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36107590 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36107590
- humanrebar 6y agoNewborns have no known names until the birth certificate is filled out. There is still data about their medical care that needs stored in a database.