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xkcd #3245: Results Age

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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3245/

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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And there's a comment below by you

"Fixed it"

And nothing else

[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Or when the person with the answer deleted their account and all messages with it, then all of the comments after say “That worked!”

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

let's learn from this and remember to cite the actual things we did to fix stuff, in our own messages Also relatedly, and because i just had to deal with this: USE GIT, FUCKING USE GIT FOR ANY SORT OF CONFIGURATIONS, YOU WILL SAVE YOURSELF SO MUCH PAIN

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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