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#3338713 3-Feb-2025 17:54

networkn:

The outfit Bianca Censori wore to the Grammys.

What outfit?

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#3338715 3-Feb-2025 17:59

Ge0rge:

What outfit?

The gladwrap.

I am surprised it got past security considering how conservative US media are.

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#3338716 3-Feb-2025 18:02

Ge0rge:

networkn:

The outfit Bianca Censori wore to the Grammys.

What outfit?

Exactly...

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

Keep calm, and carry on posting.

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#3338717 3-Feb-2025 18:03

networkn:

The gladwrap.

I am surprised it got past security considering how conservative US media are.

That was gladwrap? Not the best material for clothing. Doesn't breathe well. Must have been warm...

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

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#3338720 3-Feb-2025 18:20

Stu:

That was gladwrap? Not the best material for clothing. Doesn't breathe well. Must have been warm...

I'm confident if she was perspiring you could have seen it. :)

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#3338726 3-Feb-2025 18:35

The photo I saw didn't go into that level of detail, thankfully!

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#3339048 4-Feb-2025 11:54

Good news. A law has been repealed in the US state of Louisiana that you have to stay 8 meters away from police while they are working.

The pro-buffer crowd keep saying that it's to keep police safe. (State law does not require all officers to wear body cams, or keep them on.)

However gun laws in Louisiana and New Zealand are vastly different, with Louisiana having some of the least restrictive laws in the U.S., while New Zealand has strict regulations.

In Louisiana, In 2024, passed a law allowing "constitutional carry": any law-abiding adults 21+ can carry concealed without a permit.

Open carry allowed without a permit for individuals 18+ (except in certain restricted areas).

Felons rights are automatically restored 10 years after completing their sentence, probation, or parole.

No registration required for most firearms.

No background check required for private sales

So it's OK to buy an AR-15 in a private sale, carry it openly with a night vision scope, aftermarket light trigger, flash suppressor, extended magazines (no capacity limits). Only when you modify it to become a machine gun, or with a silencer would you need to notify authorities.

So maybe Louisiana should worry about that before a 8 meter buffer space. Or maybe require bodycams for their officers, and require it to remain on.

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#3339084 4-Feb-2025 13:00

Help Desks (customer service technicians) replying to your email telling you to do what you had already outlined in your original email to them that you had already done that.

In this case I had outlined all the steps I had done and when I pointed out that I had done such and such in step one, their following email tells me to do what I had already done in step two, etc etc.

Then in the end they placed the blame on another international company and washed their hands of the matter.

In my case I think I have nailed it down to a product firmware problem which they won't admit to.

Just so dumb and a waste of time. And this is NZ CS people.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3339346 4-Feb-2025 21:03

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/costco-new-zealand-boosts-revenue-to-361-million-profit-nears-break-even/2VD23SYRHBFIRJURHGORIYXTQM/

How the hell are they not making money? That's insane.

They are doing over $1m revenue every trading day

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#3339355 4-Feb-2025 21:52

FineWine:

Help Desks (customer service technicians) replying to your email telling you to do what you had already outlined in your original email to them that you had already done that.

In this case I had outlined all the steps I had done and when I pointed out that I had done such and such in step one, their following email tells me to do what I had already done in step two, etc etc.

Then in the end they placed the blame on another international company and washed their hands of the matter.

In my case I think I have nailed it down to a product firmware problem which they won't admit to.

Just so dumb and a waste of time. And this is NZ CS people.

These are the best. Reply back and ask if they've actually read your email. I've done this only to find they're still ignoring the contents at which point you can ask if they're unable to help to please find someone that can. Failing that still, raise another fresh ticket that you're struggling to get proper help with the first.

As someone that works in such a role I'm not afraid to admit that I've been guilty of similar. It's always as I'm doing the re-read right after I've already clicked send on a reply that I realise my error. I can't hit reply-all with a follow up ooops quickly enough.

When someone takes the time to put good detail into an email I always start a reply with "thanks for all those details". It can be refreshing when you get a run of complaints stating "z isn't working". Sorry to hear that, is there an error message?

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#3339356 4-Feb-2025 22:01

MadEngineer: When someone takes the time to put good detail into an email I always start a reply with "thanks for all those details". It can be refreshing when you get a run of complaints stating "z isn't working". Sorry to hear that, is there an error message?

Same here, when you get a decently informative problem report it's so refreshing that I always thank them first thing in the response.

Currently sitting in on a support issue where, after much to and fro, I'm reasonably certain they're trying to run a firmware update over an air gap. I await the reply to "how are you connecting to it to reflash the firmware?".

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#3339361 4-Feb-2025 22:16

Details? In a problem report?!

First thing yesterday I got "user gets an error" with a cropped screenshot of a generic "there was an error" with the address bar and clock cropped out. I had to ask who the user was, what they were doing to trigger the error, what system they were in, when it happened... and despite this ticket having "urgent" in the subject line they have yet to supply any of that information.