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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)
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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"We call her Carrie, because of the carriage return."

You can also try to give the child NULL as middle name for additional fun.

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

someone tried that with their license plate, it turned out well: https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/

edit: archive link

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just realized that the shitty software on the other side of the divide is casting null to ”null", which absolutely explains that issue. What a cluster

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I love to rag on languages with weak typing, because of the potential for a bug, but seeing it play out in reality, directly with user input, that's certainly something else.

[–] neanderthal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He is being too nice. He needs to get a lawyer and sue that shitty company for harassment and whatever else.

ETA: The US isn't overly litigious. We are under litigious if anything.

[–] Busyvar@jlai.lu 1 points 2 years ago

Frontend devs hates this guy.

[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not legal in Canada. Your legal name must use Latin characters only. This is a sore point for indigenous people.

[–] erayerdin@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

"ethics aside" truly a starter for a qa