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From the Radiolab podcast: To a computer, "NULL" means "empty." But if Null is your actual name, what happens to your digital life?
Several years back, computer engineer Joseph Tartaro changed his license plate to read “NULL.” It was an experiment. With this new plate, he wondered, would he ever get a traffic ticket again? Underlying his question was a simple fact: To a computer “NULL” means "empty."
But what happens when Null is your last name? In this episode we find out what happened to Joseph (spoiler, it didn’t go as planned) and hear from folks who are made invisible by the idiosyncrasies of digital architecture and programming that can't read their name.
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From the Radiolab podcast: To a computer, "NULL" means "empty." But if Null is your actual name, what happens to your digital life?
Several years back, computer engineer Joseph Tartaro changed his license plate to read “NULL.” It was an experiment. With this new plate, he wondered, would he ever get a traffic ticket again? Underlying his question was a simple fact: To a computer “NULL” means "empty."
But what happens when Null is your last name? In this episode we find out what happened to Joseph (spoiler, it didn’t go as planned) and hear from folks who are made invisible by the idiosyncrasies of digital architecture and programming that can't read their name.
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🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
🌱 Check out Radiolab's Starter Kit Playlist: bit.ly/3sX8f4P
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Video by Kim Nowacki.
