XKCD 1105
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  • 148 points NationCrisis

    https://xkcd.com/1105/

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    47 points MrTase

    Reminds me of something I saw about removing your fingerprints. If you're the only guy with no fingerprints then it's just as identifiable.

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    2 points Dixionconderoga2

    What if they think it’s because gloves.

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  • 31 points ShadeofEchoes

    See also - https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/

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    12 points Spook404

    I love that they got the null expert to comment

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    8 points Despyte

    Omigosh the dude had Null as his last name that is absolutely hilarious

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    4 points [deleted]

    Questionable: a string that contains the word NULL is not equal to a NULL value

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    3 points uffufuxy

    Maybe the software prints null values as "NULL"

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    3 points Questioning-Zyxxel

    It's all about incompetence. Breaking the barrier between a null value and "null".

    The bad developers never ever tests corner cases. And this world has a huge number of bad developers.

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    1 points JasperJ

    It shouldn’t. You spelled that wrong.

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  • 3 points [deleted]

    Better is to have VO0D0O. A combination of zeros and capital letter 'o' . In Belgium they are quite similar in license plate font.

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    3 points PrairiePopsicle

    "It was a red car with a plate that said voodoo"

    Cop IT guy : Alright, let's do a search for all the permutations and see which one is red.

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