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SSN numbers are good for 999,999,999 people alive or dead. At some point the US will hit that, right? Do we start reusing numbers? Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 195 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Just add another digit and watch the entire country break down because they can't find someone to update their 40+ year old software written in COBOL.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 51 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months 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…

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Norin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

MikeSmith2.22.1989

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

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

And 69420 Mike Hunt's

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Act II needs to have an overdone political scene where congress doesn’t want to pass the budget and almost shuts down the Fed meanwhile some hackers from try to take advantage of the situation or whatever

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Your average Vince Flynn novel lmao

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

AI, Sure! Here's the full code:

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