nostr:npub1eh69yezkg2hnejlsp049qyyuxc28vrwspyzyfyzuj2yy84gccy0sfqkqsx The "cloud" is not your friend...
nostr:npub144umq2dp88td86x4l9xtk4vaasgafnc7q2yqh4qvf0tzc4zyfdgq98qcsm meh, it’s pretty unnecessary with good tech support. Unfortunately good tech support is rare. A code wouldn’t fix bad support
nostr:npub1dd6m2wwr0arppdl8maxfh8ulfj0el6f45wgk2mapd6v8r5eap4ts87rq0d I'm just looking to avoid it!
But seriously, there really *does* need to be a special code you can give to tech-support people to bypass the 30 minutes of "Yes, I tried that too"!!!
nostr:npub16mzsp9vtc8h6e986507sw88q3xzq5pfjaff30r5wcgfprksnf03s65uzxf But then, where do walnuts come from?
Why? Why do I keep doing this to myself?
Wanna watch a livestream of Mars? Totally seriously? The European Space Agency is running one in 10 minutes!
Me: Oh, never mind, I hacked my way through their PBX to a human, just like I did with you guys.
IT Tech Support: So what do we do?
Me: It's all taken care of. Anything else I can help you with today?
IT Tech Support: No.
Me: Alright then, you have a good day.
IT Support: OK the last step in reporting your lost phone is to call Verizon and suspend service.
Me: They want to verify my account by sending me a text on my lost phone...
IT Tech Support: But you won't be able to receive it.
Me: Yes.
IT Tech Support: What do they expect you to do?
Me: Tech Support guys suck, right?
IT Tech Support: ...
Me: You still there?
So, you want to receive "medium wave" transmissions on your sdr? Just steal an AM antenna from a 1990s boombox and hack it onto your dongle with paper clip wire and a twist-tie!
At least, that's the theory. It doesn't work, yet...
I've had to retake my corporate HR "occupational noise safety" and "sexual harassment" classes so many times in the last 2 years that for each I've compiled a list of all the previous questions and their correct answers that is so complete that I haven't seen a new question in the last three rounds.
I work alone. At home. In an attic. Unless they think I might be sexually harassing the printer, or that the creaking of my old house is greater than 75 decibels; WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK?