> You’re being quite negative about a well-researched article full of info most have never seen.

I don't think this is true. OP is right:

> These articles are annoying because they try to sound smart by going through generally useless technicalities the average programmer shouldn't even be considering in the first place.

Dereferencing a null pointer is undefined behavior. Any observation beyond this at best an empirical observarion from running a specific implementation which may or may not comply with the standard. Any article making any sort of claim about null pointer dereferencing beyond stating it's undefined behavior is clearly poorly researched and not thought all the way through.