When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works (www.wsj.com)

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The word, used by computer scientists to mean ‘no value,’ has created long-running challenges

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[-] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

Anyone got a non-paywall link? I’m changing my name soon and this is highly relevant to my interests.

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