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.
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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.
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!
"I'll upload a patch later this week" 12 years ago
I have this exact problem.
Edit: nvm, found the solution
You're just the worst, you know that?
Found the answer to this here
404
- 80% of Microsoft support page links
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
Source
404 - Page not found
MSDN TechNet has been retired and this article no longer exists. The following links have related information:
Closed as a duplicate
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.
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
It is usually this for me as well. I'm misunderstanding something or I completely looked over a basic thing.
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.
Or it's a bug that was reported 5 years ago with 165 votes and somehow still not fixed
time to learn assembly *cracks knuckles*
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.
So so so much worse when the comment is deleted and OP replies "thanks!"
OP: "Nevermind, I figured it out on my own. Thanks anyway." and doesn't share what they did drives me up the wall.
I play the numbers.... When this happens to me I assume I'm asking the wrong question
Sometimes asking the right question is the hard part
That's actually good advice
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.
Kinda relevant XKCD
thought about it, too!
(and... not sure if it's Jerboa, but the image appears emoji-sized to me. a bite-sized comic, hehe)
They had the answer on Yahoo! Answers. 😢
When you search*
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!
Hah.. I used to search up an issue and see my own unanswered question on reddit as the first result. ಠ_ಠ
for me when that happens, it usually turns out to be a simple but stupid mistake on my end
My favorite is when you Google a problem and many, many people have the same problem but the company has never provided a solution.
Any one else getting this crash? Edit: Don't worry guys I fixed it
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.
You just need to spend a few hours trying weirder and unique ways to frame the issue and you might find the answer.
Somebody has to be the first one.
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.