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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 224 points 2 years ago (11 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.

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  • [–] 173 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 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

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  • [–] 89 points 2 years ago (2 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

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  • [–] 33 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.

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