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[–] takeheart@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 6 days ago

John
(long pause)
Doe

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.

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[–] BatmanAoD@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

But differently spelled names are legally distinct.

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[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 days ago

Just crouch down to simulate moving to a lower line.

John Doe

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

A line break is a non-printable character. So it would only work in the scope of electronic storage. The minute it hits other media, the line break character is subject to how that media handles it’s presence, and then it is lost permanently from that step forward.

Plus, many input forms make use of validation that will just trim anything that isn’t a character or number, removing the line break character.

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[–] TGhost@lemm.ee 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

NaN,
Not a Number, and now Not a Name

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Arguably any name is not a number.

Except for Jennifer 8 Lee.

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[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago

I'm not american and I'm glad I'm not but intended if someone could enter a bunch of zero width spaces

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 6 days ago

This sounds like the start of another sovcit "loophole"

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What about an open bracket? (

[–] fsr1967@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (5 children)
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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Always sanitize your Data inputs.

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