according to Tartaro, he says he received a notice that the California DMV would not let him renew his registration unless he actually paid some of those fines.

that sounds so illegal. but i am not an american, so what do i know.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

California will do a lot more than deny a renewal over unpaid fines. First they'll double the fine the first day that you are late, and then they'll add more fees every day until it is paid. Eventually, I think it's after six months or a year, they'll suspend your driver's license, and after that they'll issue a bench warrant for your arrest. So it's entirely possible for your whole life to be ruined over a traffic ticket in California, culminating with you being thrown into prison.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

ok, but while that is wild in itself, i assume that is under the assumption of them actually being your tickets. here we talk about situation where they demand the hero pays someone else's tickets just because of the fault of their system.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That aligns perfectly from what I've seen from the California DMV. They do not give a fuck. They will do whatever their stupid little antiquated computer program tells them to do.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How the heck does a system interpret a string value null as a literal null? That seems insane to me that there really is software out there written like this. "null" != null... Or so I thought, maybe there are languages out there that this can happen in easily? Or someone is storing the string value of null in a non nullable database column?

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

May I introduce you to our lord and savior JavaScript?

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

Javas Christ.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

But even in JavaScript a string representation of null is not equal to a null literal. 'null' or "null" are not the same as null

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

“He had it coming,” says Christopher Null, a journalist who has written previously for WIRED about the challenges his last name presents.

This is peak nottheonion material

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Paywalled

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

https://archive.is/Foe1r

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

God that's such a good idea. Would it work the same if I did #N/A?

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Only if your DMV does everything in Excel, so.... maybe?