Comment by andrewmcwatters
3 days ago
I think we should all embrace a future where legal names are just straight up binary streams.
I can finally realize my true potential and be recognized as Mr. “:100 emoji:(Unicode zero-width joiner):fire emoji:(null character)(base64 encoding of a QR code that links to a website with a photo of my face),(vcard data, recursively referencing this last name somehow)”
Big Endian or Little Endian ;-)
BOM?
That discriminates against people whose names cannot be written in Unicode. You need to include the ability to accept various image formats, as well as audio for names that don't have a written form.