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[–] milkisklim@lemm.ee 65 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Hey now. Searching stack overflow circia 2011 to 2018 was an Art. You had to know enough to find the correct question that wasn't deleted because a mod thought it was a duplicate of another question

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also to find the actual correct answer three comments down because the one that was voted highest worked, but was actually a really shit way to do the thing being asked

[–] milkisklim@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

I often found the correct answers in the comments of an answer

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