STOCKHOLM — An internet hero was finally awarded for their work this week as the Swedish Academy has announced they will be giving the Nobel…
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    5 months ago

    Love telling this story.

    Had a very niche problem because the two programs involved were unusual. Didn’t have any hope at all, but found the answer on Spiceworks, first Google result.

    Couldn’t believe this guy had the exact problem, and right there was the answer! Who is this mad genius?!

    Checked the username. It was me. From 2-years previous where I went back in after I figured it out and posted the fix.

    Be the hero!

    • w2tpmf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months 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.pubEnglish
    33·
    5 months 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.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
      26·
      5 months ago

      The even worse feeling is when there is a reply below with “<message deleted>” and a reply below that with “thank you so much, that fixed it!”

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      5 months 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.eeEnglish
    11·
    5 months 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”