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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish38•2 days agoMy academic advisor in college was named Null Even I kept running into trouble because the system thought I didn’t have a registered advisor.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-22 days agoI 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•19 hours agoTwo likely reasons: CSV got involved somewhere JavaScript
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 day agoAs long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 days agoShit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 days agoI’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.
My academic advisor in college was named Null
Even I kept running into trouble because the system thought I didn’t have a registered advisor.
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.
Two likely reasons:
As long as there’s javascript somewhere, anything can happen
Sounds like a promise of magic!
Shit happens, mistakes are sometimes made. Valve once had code that could delete your entire drive.
I’m pretty sure at least some of the university’s systems were designed by students.