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

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 26 points 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

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

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

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

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

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

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