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by bad_alloc 1027 days ago
To the people wondering why this is still an issue: Most tech is very US- or west-centered. My name contains an Umlaut (ü), which causes me trouble much more often than should be the case. A colleague of mine even changed their name by substituting ä foe ae, to avoid this issue. We still have the benefit of mostly ASCII names mind you. It can get a lot worse.
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Reminds me of a story where a persons first or last name is “Null” and the system couldn’t handle it. Apparently a very common name in Lebanon or some other non-Western country
Hello, Jürgen.