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Should be "Falsehoods US programmers believe about addresses".

Anyhow true. I recall the "Apply for this position" form of a big player, open to remote working. A full US address was actually required to submit /facepalm

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Which is two problems, since it implicitly discriminates against the homeless, who need a job to get an address.

Though I don't think many US programmers would think postal codes were small. My rural birthplace ZIP has a few thousand addresses and there are some ZIPs here with over 100,000. But yes indeed I learned quite a few things about the Royal Mail in the post.

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