Comment on What happens when the US runs out of SSNs?

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• purplemonkeymad@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sorry we can’t employ you as your ssn is too long. Also we can’t have any new employees called Mike Smith as the HR system already has someone with that name.

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  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The LMS we use at my school can’t handle multiple students with the same name. So we have John Smith and John Smith-2. We have like 2000 new students each year, and we have recently transitioned to this LMS. Smh

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    • TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Robert’); DROP TABLE Students;–

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    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In this two thousand and twenty fourth year of our lord, there are still people using databases that don’t automatically append a unique number to entries to avoid this exact scenario…

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  • Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Try XxMikeSmithxX

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    • Norin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      MikeSmith2.22.1989

      See, Mike can’t forget his username if it’s his name and birthday.

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And 69420 Mike Hunt’s

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• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I want to see the high-octane action thriller where the grizzled old hand and the renegade upstart trek to the remote compound in the woods of Montana to find Bob, the last man alive who understands how some obscure part of the IRSs core systems works and bring him back in from the cold for one last job… to save America(s neglected computer systems from decades of under investment)

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• werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  AI, Sure! Here’s the full code:

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