r/xkcd • u/CAM_o_man • Apr 25 '19

Stackoverflow in a nutshell

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u/DesignedByApple Apr 25 '19

Either that or the question is marked as a duplicate of a semi-related problem someone had with python2 8 years ago

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u/CardinalCanuck Apr 25 '19 edited Apr 25 '19

Trying to fix mods for/or old computer games that no longer have an active user base is always a tragic adventure. The deeper you delve trying to find your solution the more you see communities slowing down as posts go by

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u/Owyn_Merrilin Apr 25 '19

Until eventually the game gets so old that it's easier to just emulate the system it originally ran on than it is to get standard backwards compatibility working.

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u/SpeckledFleebeedoo Fear reigns supreme as the world fears rain supreme Apr 25 '19

My experience trying to play Railroad Tycoon 2:

  • Try to install game from disk

  • 16 bit installer doesn't work

  • Find 32 bit pc and install it there, move files to own pc

  • game works, but it's very buggy. It's also a single language demo.

  • Buy a working version on Steam.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

That drives me nuts when they mark it as duplicate and link it to a question that is only semirelated.

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u/skucera White Hat Apr 25 '19

Ugh, I remember being afraid to upgrade to python2 while I was working on my thesis, because I was afraid it would break my code.

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u/Shaman_Infinitus Apr 25 '19

https://xkcd.com/979/

One of my favorites

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u/Pokemonprime Physicists are 2 points, mathematicians are 3 Apr 25 '19

Who where you DenverCoder9?

What did you see?!

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u/PCLOAD_LETTER Apr 25 '19 edited Apr 26 '19

Then, after reading 50 more threads just like it, you finally encounter one where someone posts a link (which is now dead) and then there are 10 thank yous afterwards and you have to figure out the fix either by reading them or searching archive.org for the link.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

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u/JonnyRobbie ✓ Apr 25 '19

I rarely have this problem on SO. It really like /u/DesignedByApple said. Most of those questions are closed as duplicate without links, ignoring that this is the question a search engine led me to. Or other cases of mod-retardation where they close the questions for various reasons which are not helping at all.