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Whats the most unfortunate surname you've encountered? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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[–] JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Null. There are articles online about people with this surname and the problems they face in everyday life.

For those who don't know, null means "nothing" or "missing data" in computer systems and databases. Properly coded systems handle it correctly but there are so many badly coded and/or legacy systems that simply crash or behave incorrectly when that surname is entered.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Its like the name equivalent of being born without or "losing" fingerprints

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is Null capitalized in some?

[–] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

In most languages, the case of datatypes is irrelevant; Null, null, nUlL, and NULL all represent the same value.