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The full name "Jia Cheong Tan" doesn't sound like Mainland China. The name and actions could be intentionally misleading though. https://news.ycombinator.com/i
by dreamingincode 3y ago
The full name "Jia Cheong Tan" doesn't sound like Mainland China. The name and actions could be intentionally misleading though.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39867737 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39867737
- viraptor 3y agoWe're way too global now for this to be more than a tiny extra signal. People move around, families preserve names. Also nobody checked that person's id, so "Jia" is only slightly more meaningful than "ghrssbitrvii".
- graemep 3y agoNames can be faked, and even real names are not a great indicator. Unless you have some very specific cultural knowledge you could not make even vaguely useful deductions about my location, nationality, culture, ethnicity etc. from my name. I get a lot of wrong guesses though!
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- rurban 3y agoSince his only appearance outside of github and git repos is on some Taiwanese blogs, can we please change all occurances of China to Taiwan please? And some others hints at Eastern Europe, comparing the timezones. Taiwan ist still the strongest hint though.