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tuckerm , (edited ) to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?

I'm certainly close right now. I bought a laptop from System76 in December (the Pangolin). It has not, any any point, worked acceptably. First the USB ports would frequently disconnect and reconnect. Then the trackpad started freaking out, registering constant false clicks and not letting the cursor move.

The first time I sent it in, they shipped me back someone else's computer.

When I did get my own laptop back, I found that the trackpad issue hadn't been fixed. Then it stopped waking up after being suspended.

So I sent it in again, and got no updates from them for 30 days. They said their usual turnaround time was 7-10 days. And the first time I sent it in, it took them about a week to send it back. Well, to send a computer back. So something was wrong here.

On top of that, the support ticket has a "Last Updated" timestamp, and it kept changing every couple of days. I asked them for details, and only received generic "sorry this is taking a while, we're working on it" responses. I specifically wanted to know why the "last updated" timestamp was changing every few days, because of course I'm imagining that they've shipped my computer to someone else.

I finally responded in all caps, asking where my computer was for that unexplained month, and why the timestamp kept changing. The support agent replied:

Your computer was at our warehouse waiting to be worked on.

Bless up,

(Support agent name)

Bless up? Fucking asshole.

I always want to be patient with those working in customer support. It's difficult and often thankless job. I know how unfair it is when a customer blows up at someone in customer service, not to mention how unhelpful it is. And usually the customer is yelling at someone with no power to fix the situation. But this System76 thing is getting ridiculous. They're literally just not responding to emails and dodging questions when they do respond.

Drusas ,

My experience with System 76 a few years ago was similar. Perhaps the single worst purchase of my life. I had to send it back to them to fix the fucked up hardware (it had a loose power socket and a bad motherboard) more than once and each "repair" took months. The first time they sent it back, nothing had been fixed. It was more than half a year before the fancy laptop I got from them was in any way usable.

gibmiser , to greentext in It's the little things that matter

4channer must have got bit by a member of the royal family

Eheran , to greentext in It's the little things that matter

Still not what? Britsh?

Paradachshund ,

Can’t you read? Brasterisktsh.

marble ,

Btsh, Brtsh, Brrtsh, Brrrtsh, Brrrrrrrrrtsh all match the regexp. (British doesn’t match regexp or glob though)

bjoern_tantau , to asklemmy in What's the hardest you've ever hit your head on something or something hit yours?
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When I was two or three I hit my head on the corner of a table in a post office and had a huge gash above my eyebrow. It had to be stitched and for some reason the doctor didn’t allow my mom to hold my hand. She still kicks herself for not insisting enough. I don’t remember it at all apart from the scar.

ssm , to linux in Is there a program that I can run on my laptop to tell me what Linux distro supports the hardware out of the box? Also whether the hardware is supported at all?
@ssm@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

More consistent way would be to just check the Linux kernel version. Most distros are going to be running the default kernel with everything enabled, so you shouldn’t need to worry about specific kernel options being disabled, unless you’re using something really esoteric and not meant for general desktop usage. If you need 3rd party (nvidia) drivers, nouveau works out of the box, and should at least get you to the point you can install the proprietary driver, should you wish to taint your kernel in that way :'(

yukichigai , to nostupidquestions in How do you drive in Cyberpunk???
@yukichigai@kbin.run avatar

I've had a lot less problems driving motorcycles. The steering issues for KB+M seem really bad with cars, but motorcycles are much easier to handle. As soon as I could obtain a motorcycle I just used that as my primary transportation for my first time playing, made the game a lot easier.

2ugly2live OP ,
@2ugly2live@lemmy.world avatar

Looks like I’m saving up for a motorcycle.

yukichigai ,
@yukichigai@kbin.run avatar

There's one you can get from a sidequest that follows up on one of the major early plot points (won't say more due to spoilers). Takes a little time but it's worth it.

EDIT: There are apparently two others that come from quests as well, though I can't remember how far into the game they are.

VelvetStorm ,

You can get that side quest one by just going to the garage and entering the code I think.

mike_wooskey , to nostupidquestions in Where should I upload short videos to post them to Lemmy?
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Is this a good use case for peertube? Spin up an instance or join an instance, and upload the video there?

MossyFeathers , to science_memes in Octopi

I wish octopuses lived longer. I’d have an octopus friend.

MossyFeathers , to science_memes in When Irony and Science Collide: Expect the Unexpected

Why is this on science memes? This isn’t a science meme. Oh I see, you probably had one of your alt accounts banned and now you’re pissy and spamming memes everywhere.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

it’s making fun of .ml both sides are wrong if you got it correct

Extrasvhx9he , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?

Honestly yeah not blow up levels of anger more passive aggressive with a hint of sarcasm when I was talking to them instead. It happened when I tried getting help at an at&t store to port out my number from at&t prepaid. Yes I know now its not the same branch or something but damn they were rude and at least could’ve told me who to call. Iirc they were watching a sports game so they probably just wanted to rush me out. At&t prepaid’s reps were nice though just thick accents.

dohpaz42 , to science_memes in Dr. Frankenstein
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

Ok, so if knowledge is contained in a brain via neural pathways and wrinkles and whatever other stuff (I know, so technical), then wouldn’t it stand to reason that a reanimated brain would retain all of the knowledge and memories it had before it died?*

So if Igor happened across the brain of an OSHA inspector, this outcome is not too far fetched. (All things considered)

  • I’m assuming the brain hasn’t started decaying to any significant degree.
Diabolo96 , (edited )

There’s this real story of a Chinese woman thar got hit in the head, went into coma and woke up speaking perfect English (she was an English teacher after all), but the interesting part is that she completely lost her ability to talk in her mother tongue. Let’s imagine that It could be possible that the monster would have had a similar brain injury, but instead of losing the ability to speak, he would completely forget everything but his OSHA training.

Baguette ,

Huh, weirdly enough I remember a story similar to that but the opposite way (english to chinese)

vice.com/…/meet-the-guy-ben-mcmahon-who-woke-from…

Diabolo96 ,
BleatingZombie ,

I think he actually picked up “Abby Normal”. Although, he was supposed to get “Hans Delbrook”

Srootus , to pics in Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa is sponsored by parmesan and takes many photos with a wheel of cheese

Hang on a minute, Parmesan’s a brand? Not just a name of dry Italian cheese?

jqubed ,
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Parmigiano Reggiano is a protected name like champagne is. To have the name it has to be produced with traditional methods and sourced from the traditional region, all of which is legally defined. They charge a premium for this, and some of it becomes quite expensive.

N0body , to science_memes in Caption this.

The human body is composed of meat wrapped in a protective coating, and therefore is a hot dog.

InEnduringGrowStrong ,
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But… there aren’t bones in a hot-dog… oh wait, damn.

Num10ck ,

negative. i am a meat popsicle.

user_naa OP , to fediverse in Telegram channels alternative

Try to rephrase the question: is there an alternative to Mastadon in Fediverse where you can write posts in different threads (not only in your own feed)?

CyberTailor ,
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Why do you want sub-accounts, if you can have as many regular accounts as you want?

user_naa OP ,

Seems like this is the only way. But if I want to create many accounts I need have several emails or self-host own instance.

kambusha , to asklemmy in Be honest: have you ever lost your temper with a customer service rep? And did it ever help?
kambusha ,
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