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[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This happens every time your [object Object] gets stolen

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Idk why anyone would ever create a bare Object without subclassing it

[–] troed@fedia.io 40 points 1 month ago

For some reason DHL managed to get a null-string into their system a few years back, which meant that any DHL shipments to me - no matter what the seller had entered - had "null" as the receiver in the system.

Everything else was fine, address and tracking numbers sent to me etc - but I did have a few interesting discussions at pickup locations that wanted to see identification matching the name in the system ...

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I would be terrified to open that box

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would be terrified not to open that box too.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i wouldn't risk getting sucked into a null hole

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 9 points 1 month ago

C'mon, we all end up at /dev/null eventually. Just don't gaze long into it or it might gaze into you.

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the moment you look at it you may experience a null pointer exception

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

you’re worried about nothing

[–] DivineDev@piefed.social 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

DON'T OPEN THE BOX WHEN IT ARRIVES this is a keter class object, also don't move we're sending someone to help you

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

SCP Agent: What's in the box?

SCP Scientist: Nothing

SCP Agent: So, what's the big deal? Just open it. Or toss it out. I almost tripped on it and spilled my coffee...

SCP Scientist: You don't understand. Our measurements show that there's nothing in the box. It contains, or rather doesn't contain, a complete absence of space, time, and matter. It's a hole in the universe that is inexplicably cordoned off from the air in this room, and everything else in it, by a flimsy cardboard shell.

SCP Agent: ...

SCP Agent: Is that bad?

SCP Scientist: Very.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

“Soundwave… what is in the box?”

“Hatsune Miku. Hatsune Miku is in the box.”

“What is a Hatsune Miku?”

Soundwave’s Arch Nemesis

[–] NotADeer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

If it can be sent by mail it is probably not a Keter class object. Object class does not imply danger level

Tho if it randomly appears in mail it maybe is

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

I used to work at a DVD store, and sometimes we'd get a huge box with a single DVD at the bottom, and a ton of those plastic bags full of air to cushion it. When one of those packages arrived, I'd loudly announce, "Thank god! Our air arrived!" Then I'd tear it open and we'd all gasp like we'd been holding our breaths waiting for it.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 23 points 1 month ago

I hope you post an unboxing video. It could be exceptional…

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Do not accept the package! It will cause a segmentation fault!

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But we don't reall know until we look in the box

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago
if (packet != null) {
    ...
}
[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago
[–] Toribor@corndog.social 16 points 1 month ago

Your package is set to arrive between the hours of 0 and -2,147,483,647.

[–] chihuamaranian@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

"Customers who bought this also bought: VOID"

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’s a cute little fella…

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

packsge arrives

open box

NULL.

[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

NullReferenceException. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

[–] sudo_halt@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Pack a bag, we need to be far away from here in the next 3 to 4 business days.... don't ask why just pack!

[–] Nebula@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You cannot grasp the true form of the product.

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[–] xoggy@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

UB must be Undefined Behavior.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 8 points 1 month ago
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago

Shipped to undefined

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

software gore

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

Celebrate by ordering some none pizza with left beef.

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

There's some decent money to be made in null shipping. For one thing, fuel costs are very low.

[–] janonymous@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Perfect, please put it at the end of my bank account!

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Fuckin' love null

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago

Not very functional

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Radiolab has an interesting episode about people having to deal with being considered "Null": https://radiolab.org/podcast/null

[–] ConstantPain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So that's why my variable can't be null, you're hoarding it to yourself!

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Let's hope you're ready to handle this package. Try your best!

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Hello I would like to report an undefined behaviour

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

So when the package arrives, how many pieces of faulty software needing to point at it will it be encircled by?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

at least it wasn't my NaN. poor birds been dead for years.

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