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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I read an article once about a guy who got a NO PLATE licence plate and ended up being automatically blamed whenever a cop wrote in that a car had no licence plate. I wonder what 0X00000 would do.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think that's what I was actually thinking of but I mixed it up.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

They both seem equally plausible. "NO PLATE" would be officers writing it in, and if they left it blank the computer would turn it into NULL.

I bet "BLANK" could cause similar issues