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ape4 4 hours ago

Good luck to the Perl function Text::GenderFromName()

Maybe it needs the birthday

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andix 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess it's eternally stuck in the 90s. I didn't see Perl in a long time now. 10-15 years ago it was still everywhere.

edit: No, it's stuck in the 80s: "The data comes from a 5% sampling of Social Security card applications with dates of birth from January 1980 through December 1989"

https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::GenderFromName#REGARDING-THE-...

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normie3000 2 hours ago | parent [-]

At what age are social security numbers issued? Folks born in 1989 weren't adults until the 2000s

	▲	OptionOfT an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-01969.html > It is a good idea to apply for your child's Social Security number and birth certificate at birth. If you apply at the hospital, the state agency that issues birth certificates will share your child's information with us. Then, we will mail the Social Security card to you. If you wait to apply, there may be delays while we verify your child's birth certificate.

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rconti 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought you must be joking. You were not!

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boscillator 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why did anyone even try and make this? It's fascinating what incomputable functions people try to shoe-horn into being computable.

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Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm sure there are a few competing "Falsehoods programmers believe about names" out there by now.

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