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c/ask-anything•kelly638kelly638•1mo ago

TIL that for a really specific question, sometimes you just have to ask it in the most boring, straightforward way possible.

I kept getting vague, useless answers on forums about how to fix a weird color shift in my design software until I posted the exact error code and my monitor model, which got me a fix from a retired Adobe engineer in under an hour.
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spencer_owens58
spencer_owens581mo agoTop Commenter
Yeah, posting the exact error code is the only way to get a real answer sometimes.
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spencer_owens58
spencer_owens581mo agoTop Commenter
My buddy spent three days on a vague forum post.
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taylorshah
taylorshah1mo ago
Oh man, @spencer_owens58, that's the classic move right there. I can picture him just staring at his screen for hours, trying to mind-read what the original poster meant. It's like they think we're all psychic or something. Why do people treat error codes like state secrets? Your buddy just learned a hard lesson the hard way.
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