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Patrick McKenzie
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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

東京都 Tokyo
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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      Every year at around this time I do a quick sweep of family finances, which often involves working with a new Japanese financial firm, which means I get a quick object lesson in http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ … Today's example is a Kafkaesque nightmare.

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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      System A: "Please enter your first and last name in a total of less than 8 characters. If you need more, we'll abbreviate for you." System B: "Please enter your first and last name in a total of less than 8 characters. If you need more, abbreviate your first name."

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    3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      Me: "McKenzie is, in fact, 8 characters." System B: "Your first name can't be blank." "McKenzie P." "You foreigners suck at math." "McKenzi P" "One more time." "McKenz P" "OK now give me that in roman characters." "McKenz P" "You included insufficient vowels. Try again."

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    4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      One of these years I might have to incorporate a Japanese LLC (合同会社 technically) just to deal with this. Step 1: Register [Patio11 G.K.] (G.K. = LLC here) Step 2: Hello bank / insurance / government agency I need the corporate version of this form. Step 3: It works.

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    5. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      *sigh* I forgot that my name has to be on all sorts of paperwork for Ruriko and the kids and, while corporate persons do get lots of leeway in how they spell their names, they can't marry natural persons yet. Drats, foiled again.

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 1 Jan 2018
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      "Why don't you just change your name?" Aside from the "I already have one perfectly good name and a Japanese transliteration of it which, in a just world, would actually work" that buys me a new genre of "Oh that can't possibly ACTUALLY be your name" tweet, for rest of life.

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          The transliteration part is what drives me crazy. Me, knowing what will happen if I don't fix it now: "I'm sorry, that's not my name is spelled in katakana." *gives correct spelling, which is pronounced identically to the incorrect one* Japanese person: *rolls eyes*

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        1. ダークソール‏ @DarkSoul4242 1 Jan 2018
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          I feel your pain. My actual full name has been known, with shitty brands of software not checking for limitations, to cause buffer overflows and destroy backend databases.

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        1. Wogan‏ @WoganMay 1 Jan 2018
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          I dunno, Konnichiwa McKenzie has a nice ring to it.

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        1. Andi / アンディ‏ @largo 1 Jan 2018
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          I’m planning to go with a Japanese name when getting married, but I fear this scenario too. At least possible kids would have less trouble.

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