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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Hate it when I search an issue and the only other person with the same problem is me 5 years ago and I didn’t figure it out then either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I think it's worse when they say they found a solution and include a link which is now dead.

With Google dropping its archive I feel like dead links are going to be more and more common.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Even worse in my opinion is when you find someone who had the same problem as you and the only person who replies says "use google." It's like that's how I got to this page!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"I'll upload a patch later this week" 12 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have this exact problem.

Edit: nvm, found the solution

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're just the worst, you know that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

404

  • 80% of Microsoft support page links
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The moment I find something even remotely useful for a problem I faced and solved, I am saving it on the Internet Archive.
And I try to not be DenverCoder9

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

404 - Page not found

MSDN TechNet has been retired and this article no longer exists. The following links have related information:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Closed as a duplicate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Just post that the answer is simple:

can (root; split) for - 1 =sam if (all "null") then (n = n+1)

Watch the rage answers roll in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I find if I'm the only one on the internet having a problem unless it's a very specific niche application I'm probably doing something fundamentally wrong in my approach and should try figure out how other people normally do it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It is usually this for me as well. I'm misunderstanding something or I completely looked over a basic thing.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or: Plenty of people have the problem, but nobody has figured it out.

And: Stack Overflow agrees that this is a dumb thing to want to do, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or it's a bug that was reported 5 years ago with 165 votes and somehow still not fixed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

time to learn assembly *cracks knuckles*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You describe your problem in the forum.

Moderator: "use Google, there is an answer to your question"

Google only gives you a link to your own thread in the forum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So so so much worse when the comment is deleted and OP replies "thanks!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

OP: "Nevermind, I figured it out on my own. Thanks anyway." and doesn't share what they did drives me up the wall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I play the numbers.... When this happens to me I assume I'm asking the wrong question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Sometimes asking the right question is the hard part

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's actually good advice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Im finding this more prevalent now as ai can answer a lot of the questions hence other people are getting solutions without the need to ask. Then my ai has problems cos it googles the answer and has to make shit up and idk if its hallucinating or not.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

thought about it, too!

(and... not sure if it's Jerboa, but the image appears emoji-sized to me. a bite-sized comic, hehe)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They had the answer on Yahoo! Answers. 😢

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

When you search*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Remember kids: If you find a solution to a problem nobody on Google (or your search engine of choice) seems to has, put it as a blog post on your site!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hah.. I used to search up an issue and see my own unanswered question on reddit as the first result. ಠ_ಠ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

for me when that happens, it usually turns out to be a simple but stupid mistake on my end

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

My favorite is when you Google a problem and many, many people have the same problem but the company has never provided a solution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Any one else getting this crash? Edit: Don't worry guys I fixed it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is currently happening to me and I hate it.

Something between linux kernel 6.2 (working) and 6.7 (broken) and all I have at best is a generic warning message that yields just a few results and all are unrelated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You just need to spend a few hours trying weirder and unique ways to frame the issue and you might find the answer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Somebody has to be the first one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I find it more frustrating when someone has already had the issue and received an answer, but unfortunately the solution is a link to a Microsoft forum that no longer exists.

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