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Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I have never seen this happen, and I don't know what tools would confuse the strings "null" or "Null" with NULL. From the comments in this thread, there are evidently more terribly programmed systems than I imagined.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

As long as there's javascript somewhere, anything can happen

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure at least some of the university's systems were designed by students.