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How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2

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1371 points yett | 7 comments | 23 Apr 25 14:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.108s | source | bottom
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bombcar ◴[23 Apr 25 14:59 UTC] No.43772976[source]▶
This is the kind of thing I'd expect from Raymond Chen - which is extremely high praise!

I'm glad they tracked it down even further to figure out exactly why.

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1. aneutron ◴[23 Apr 25 21:09 UTC] No.43776640[source]▶
Or randomascii. A freaking legend (although he had a heart braking streak of bad events ... I wish him the best)
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2. Izikiel43 ◴[23 Apr 25 23:35 UTC] No.43777832[source]▶
What happened to him?
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3. wiseowise ◴[24 Apr 25 00:09 UTC] No.43778049[source]▶
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/life-death-and-...

https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/vestibular-dysf...

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4. Izikiel43 ◴[24 Apr 25 00:58 UTC] No.43778323{3}[source]▶
So sad :(
5. dataflow ◴[24 Apr 25 04:28 UTC] No.43779257{3}[source]▶
Damn. That was so painful to read. He's such a talented and respectable guy. Wish him all the best moving forward.
6. mrmattyboy ◴[24 Apr 25 08:11 UTC] No.43780329{3}[source]▶
I remember reading this and having a mini-midlife-crisis after every read

I documented it this time :sigh: https://github.com/MatthewJohn/terrareg/commit/2231ba733a7f5...

7. 4ggr0 ◴[24 Apr 25 12:09 UTC] No.43781751{3}[source]▶
i moved in with my SO last weekend after being together for multiple years, reading the blogpost about his wife dying in the span of 9 weeks really sent chills down my spine :(

i need a hug.