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

https://hard-drive.net/hd/entertainment/nobel-prize-to-be-awarded-to-forum-user-from-9-years-ago-with-same-niche-problem/

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shalafi@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y

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 pts · 2y

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 · 30 pts · 2y

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 · 25 pts · 2y (3 replies)
Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 24 pts · 2y

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!"

Deebster@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

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

SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

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 · 10 pts · 2y

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”