jackal

Travel, technology, geography, Alaskan life, and other random observations

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@Tesla Branson was #1 in Supercharger voting a couple years ago and showed as “Coming Soon.” It vanished, reappeared at #1…then vanished again. There's clearly demand—what's stopping the completion of one near a major tourist dest w/ 10M+ visitors that's a charging desert?

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@ChargePointnet @evergypower @HY @HyVee This reflects poorly on you, too. Maybe you need to kick @evergypower into action—or kick them off your property and ask someone else to manage this charging station?

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@evergypower Your EV charger at HyVee in Mission is broken, and ChargePoint says you “have chosen not to resolve the issue.” Why not?

EVERGY @HY-VEE -010B
6657 Martway St
Mission Kansas

https://t.co/YKKYrhfbgJ

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@OptimumHelp Your website is apparently out of date. Everyone I’ve talked to both at the listed phone number and the store says this option no longer exists. Can you either help me take advantage of it or update your website and remove it? https://t.co/9wqMK3UyRO

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@googlechrome Whenever I try to visit https://t.co/iIWTFgJLXt to reset my Sync passphrase, I just get an Error 504.

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@iflymia This is the wait for the shuttle bus to the rental car center?? If you’re going to shut down the MIA Mover, you have GOT to plan better than this for replacement shuttles.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@walmarthelp Done that. Tried Chrome and Firefox on PC and Safari on iOS. No go.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@walmarthelp Every time I try to click "Claim offer now," I just get a note that you're having technical issues. Can you fix?

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@jdhagerman @nationalcares Seriously--you do realize that @Enterprise owns @nationalcares, right?

Way to stick it to them!

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

Oh, and to be clear, the train isn’t *actually* full. There are lots of empty rows and window seats. They’re just *saying* it’s full. Quite a disappointing experience.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@TrainLinkSouth I booked this journey a month ago in order to see the scenery between Sydney and Melbourne. Turns out this is the scenery I get. Was never given an opportunity to pick a better seat, and now the train’s full. So much for my great Australian rail adventure. :/

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@Britannica The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire.

The Republic of Texas was neither a republic nor Texas.

Discuss.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@DollarCars I did a few test bookings on your site and same thing always happens: the pick-up time ALWAYS matches whatever the drop-off time is. Looks like a field mapping issue with how you display reservations. Should be an easy bug to reproduce. Just book different pickup/dropoff times.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@DollarCars Major bug with your new/revamped website! I booked this car for a pick-up at 5:30pm and return at 1:30pm, but it is showing the WRONG pick-up time. But when I called 800-800-4000, they had the correct pick-up time of 5:30pm on file. Can you have your IT look at this?

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@Lets_Go_Evie @AllRoadsMN @berkie1 If land-use restrictions didn’t effectively mandate detached single-family homes on large lots, you wouldn’t even need incentives — developers would freely choose to build this kind of housing in abundance. The only reason it’s expensive is because it’s artificially rare.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@Lets_Go_Evie @AllRoadsMN @berkie1 Yep. And the reason demand vastly outstrips supply is because it’s literally illegal to build this kind of housing and these kinds of neighborhoods in the vast majority of the land area of our cities.

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@HPSupport Thanks, but that's not what I asked here. I want to know if your website development team is aware of the problem with your website.

[jackal @alaskanjackal]

@HP Your support dashboard is broken. If I try to add a device to it, I just get an error that the service is temporarily unavailable. Are you aware of this problem and working to fix it? This is on https://t.co/glwy73BXxe (see attached image). HP Support was clueless.

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@Amtrak Bad management @ChiUnionStation. Didn’t even announce train #3 boarding until 15m before departure, and still a huge line waiting to board 3 mins AFTER scheduled departure. Hate being treated like kindergartners. Announce the platform early enough and just let us get on!

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@unicode Why is there no emoji similar to the @facebook “Care” reaction? It’s a glaring omission (the current “hug” emoji is inappropriately happy). Facebook IP issues aside, why can’t we get one that fills the need to express compassion?