Title text:
The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3163/
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This is the exact opposite of this comic
Or worse, “nevermind, fixed it”.
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randomuser said: “It works! Thanks OP!” (posted 12 years ago)
This is where wayback machine excels
Thanks for posting this, because I started getting bummed thinking about how much of a great resource the full reddit history would be to just have online, were that whole thing not ruined gut bad reasons by bad people.
But then you reminded me about the good people.
I found the helpers, Mr Rogers!
Or, another annoying one, you find a thread, solve it yourself, and can’t post because the thread is locked for whatever dumb reason. You make a new thread and it never gets traffic from search engines. Only the old one. So nobody ever solves the problem because some mod is worried about necroing, oh the horror.
The new thread also gets closed as a duplicate of the old thread
They’re the opposite of people who post “nvm fixed” on their help requests.
and a couple weeks later there’s a Louis Rossmann video on how the video uploader is getting sued by the dehumidifier company
The guys who make appliance repair videos and sell the exact part you need, and you can get the part number and find it cheaper somewhere else. But, thanks for the video.
There really is an xkcd for everything.
OMG, I fixed a specific whirlpool fridge by searching the model name and hum click on youtube.
There’s a tiny heater disk that makes a thermistor boost in value to change over from start to run windings. It was a $7 part available on amazon or half a dozen parts sites.
Local service techs get $120 to knock on the door.
I work at a highrise full of old rich people and my side gig is googling solutions to their tech problems. Things like unzooming their iPad, turning the child lock off on their dishwasher, or telling them their power strip is plugged into itself. They are more than happy to throw $40-50 at me for 5 minutes time that saves them hours of frustration or an expensive repair visit.
Even better when it’s a straightforward text post :’) genuine heroes.
+1, I love when theres a text post instead of a video
Edit: Unless the fix requires seeing the way they did something physical
God I hate video tutorials. I can’t print you out to distribute to my minions so why would I want you?
Now if someone takes that video and makes an article I’ll get on my knees for that person.
And fuck using AI to do that.
Edit: I’m talking for needing info right now, I watch alot of repair vids but mostly for shit I don’t actually fix or repair it’s just more entertainment. Good to have the knowledge for the future but I want that knowledge now dammit
I once heard it described as “there’s no computer problem on Earth that can’t be solved by watching a YouTube video by a random 13 year-old Indian kid“
Halting problem
Inb4 the next Ramanujan sidles up onto YouTube and breaks the entire concept of mathematics
again
And the solution came to him in a dream
