And somehow every single time the problem was so easy to solve, but apparently crying about it is the better solution.

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    21 hours ago

    Unfortunately, so many error messages are so utterly useless that it has taught many people that all errors are just pointless background noise even if they’re actually giving useful info.

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      20 hours ago

      I mean, java and Microsoft errors are preceded by 120 characters of useless trash oftentimes, that is equally as infuriating.

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        Or Windows gives you a blue screen and just “BAD_POOL_HEADER”.

        I got that intermittently at work on an instrument about every week or two. The best answer I could find was “it could be software or hardware related”. Yeah, thanks for that, problem solved. Wish I had thought of that. Not even a time stamp. Finally found out when it occurred to within 20 minutes and there was jack shit in the logs.

        IT ended up calling in a service tech to re-image the computer.