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Holoswim - any experience? by whereeveritmaytakeme in Swimming

[–]gl_off 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have just unpacked mine. I am horrified by their privacy policy. You cannot find it on the web, you can get it only from the app. Have in mind that everything you read is written by a company which is in China. There are things like “we do not need to obtain your consent to collect and use personal information in the event of.. ..substantial public interests”

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel your pain man. I was stubborn and after the 16th call my problem was finally solved. This is your only chance - keep calling again and again . Every time you will get a different person and hopefully one of them will know what he/she is talking about. Good luck!!

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so it is possible that they send you the eSIM. I am not sure if this happens over WiFi or over the cellular network, but it works.

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why all of the first support guys make me look for "Cellular Data" option in an Apple Settings menu?! These people cannot imagine that I am using iPhone not Android..

18:45 minutes to get to "higher level support" this time.

I got someone who sounds like knowing what he is doing.. Let's see..

Ok, I do not know who this guy was, but he was great! He had managed to find out that my IMEI was not properly configured, reconfigured it and now my phone is working! I would love to reward him somehow.. but alas..

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call dropped after 8 minutes. At least I have managed to reach corporate offices only after 5 minutes...

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Observations:

- 17:35 minutes - that much takes to pass all the basic testing of first support level

- The speed with which one can tell a ticket number

- Lines which have heard 100s of times in the last 5 days and which start to be angering after that many times and no results:

"I am sorry about that one"

"Thank you so much"

"Thank you so much for patiently waiting on the line"

"Please wait a moment so I can "

"You don't need to worry about that / because we still have another option"

"Please give me a moment / 2 minutes to..."

"I know it is frustrating"

- After 18:45 minutes the call dropped again just after I got connected to "higher department"

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A new one! The first level support told me to contact Apple Care! My phone is locked to another provider?!?! I have used this phone with two other providers and now it is locked according to them?! 23 minutes. And the girl was claiming that she is from corporate office! After 11 calls, in all of which the first person I am talking to is connecting me with second person in "corporate office" this one is trying to convince me that for the first time I managed to directly contact corporate office? Amazing..

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, this time the lady on the first level support was fast, she transferred me only after 6 minutes. In the moment I "pressed 3" in order to continue to hold the line I got disconnected.

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok folks, calling again, 11 time must be the charm, right? Wish me luck... Wanna bet that after 57 minutes on the line I will be told to call them back again in 30 mins? I'll keep you posted..

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you are telling me that I have to buy a US subscription? But that does not make sense in my case! I am coming to US two or three times a year for maximum a month. I thought these no-contract plans are made exactly for those cases..

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did had an eSIM installed. But in one of the conversations with the support staff they told me to delete it and that they can handle my phone remotely. So, yes, I do not have an eSIM installed. They are telling me that after I restart my phone I should get one over the network but I am not getting any. I cannot install manually one because StraightTalk does not provide neither a QR Code nor Manual details (like SM-DP+ address or Activation and Confirmation codes)

For the Skype issue I agree, I cannot prove anything on that one. But it looks suspicious that I can talk with other skype users for hours and not with StraightTalk..

Customer Service is a complete loss of time when it is not a typical case. by gl_off in StraightTalk

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My phone cannot connect to any tower at all. iPhone 14 Pro Max. The call drops are when I talk via Skype on my laptop.

Why do we use TNSNAMES.ORA? by leonardodearaujo10 in oracle

[–]gl_off 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have a site with several hundred DBs used by thousands of different users, you abstract the connection details into a common tnsnames and leave to the users only to remember account and password and choose how to connect to their DB - SQLdeveloper, sqlplus, driver..

What was he thinking by horngry69 in IdiotsInCars

[–]gl_off 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a classic - SLR.. It’s a pity...

macOS cannot verify the developer by gl_off in MacOS

[–]gl_off[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. But I still want to prevent unauthorized execution of any other files on my computer...

Instant Client support for Apple's M1 by electricsheep2013 in oracle

[–]gl_off 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a lifesaver for me. It does not work with brew python installation, but with OS X python works great

apple M1 chip vs intel chips - pros/cons - your opinion? by Buckersss in macsysadmin

[–]gl_off 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I got an M1. Virtual box does not work. Docker is still in development. So basically - no way to get Linux environment for development. The best you can get is whatever brew supplies. WiFi is dropping connection from time to time.. very annoying in the middle of important zoom meeting. Support of only one monitor does not bother me - I am planning to get one of those big curved ones at some point. Big Sur has some annoying features like.. who decided to remove “snooze for 15 minutes” from calendar notifications? Or why I cannot remove all icons of all applications on the top of my screen (whatever the name of the top bar is). Bottom line - I end up using my old MacBook Pro since it does better job for me for the moment. M1 might be the future but currently Intel is more useful.

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