Nobel Prize to Be Awarded to Forum User From 9 Years Ago With Same Niche Problem : theonion

[+] shalafi@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

Same, pcsx2 running yakuza. Started playing it and found trouble. Searched and couldn't believe someone not only had that problem but fixed it themselves!

That person was me. I devolved in the time between. I didn't even know until I went to thank the person and the system told me that email was in use.

[–] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have a similar experience where I searched for an issue I'd never been able to fix hoping that with people using the software for years now that someone figured it out. I found one search result with someone detailing the exact same issue. It was me, like 5 years ago....and still no one had been able to answer.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 33 points 1 year ago

Occasionally you’ll find a true angel of a post who, unprompted, provides the answer just in case someone might need it in the future.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

https://m.xkcd.com/979/

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The even worse feeling is when there is a reply below with "" and a reply below that with "thank you so much, that fixed it!"

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

in this case sometimes web.archive.org has archived the original answer

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, I never knew there was a mobile version of the site.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I have actually gone back and posted some comments starting with "Dear people from the future..." on some issues after I figured it out because of this comic. I wonder if anyone has ever seen those and got the joke.

[–] IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until I find the Reddit post with the comment that has the reply “thanks bro” and the parent comment says “this comment was mass edited with redact.dev”

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

in this case sometimes web.archive.org has archived the original answer

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