<snip> Reminds me of a certain terminal we tried to fix. I had 15 people from 2 different countries investigating the mysterious case of a vending machine not being able to sell coca-cola. Like everything else worked but if a cola can was placed it wouldn't work most of the time( sometimes it would).
We checked the software code endless times, the hardware was replaced and...nothing. No coca cola in that particular building in UK for whatever reason. 1 month of 15 people working a few hours per day only on that issue to try to locate the bug.
Until we eventually figured out the country was the issue. We had to pretend that vending machine is in France and all of a sudden it worked. Why? Considering exactly the same machine worked if placed anywhere else but in that building? God help me I don't know.
As someone who studied IT, I am not sure whenever I am supposed to laugh or cry at that. But oh god, is the moral of the story relatable. Software and coding in general can be REALLY messy to work with... :'] It is like when you're setting up a computer from scratch - SOMETHING is not going to work and one will have to troubleshoot for hours before the computer works as intended.
And then we have the legendary example - something is acting up with your computer and you troubleshoot the issues. No software resets or system reset works, so you pin it down to a hardware issue. Every single symptom points at one particular hardware component, so you have that particular component replaced. The computer is still acting up so you troubleshoot again, and find some overlapping symptoms for another component and replace it. :'D And so it goes until you've replaced each and every component in your entire hardware setup because the issue is ALWAYS due to the very last component that is replaced. :']
Jesus. As they say the biggest problem is not when something doesn't work. The problem is when it works and it shouln't.
Alt+ left click in the inventory on an item while the camp stash is opened transfers the item there. Make it a reality.
