Hal Stern

Husband, father, engineer, bass player, golf failure, soldering iron wielder, collector, photographer, pharma tech exec. All my own views here.

[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

@VerizonSupport @Verizon 2 hours with an agenta last night, 2 hours in a retail store today and i still don't have a FIOS TV+ box in hand that i can use. i get you're trying to retire the old coax boxes, but your provisioning systems, customer support, retail systems do not talk

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@Loudboy7K @RushHistory2112 @AnikaNilles @rushtheband @rushisaband @RUSH @vivien2112 less than i pay for a broadway show, with ten times the emotional value

[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

i took an uber from midtown NYC to SEC train last night. was charged tolls both ways through the Lincoln Tunnel even though it's only an inbound/east toll. has @Uber been double charging all NY/NJ rides all this time?

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@British_Airways my mate philippe is without luggage now going on 4 days @CraveHealthFood

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@British_Airways thank you for leaving my mate Philippe without any bags or clothes for his holiday

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[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

@Princeton @PrincetonPhys @NobelPrize and val fitch was my freshman physics professor, with him missing class the morning of his prize to be interviewed. that was my “welcome to princeton” moment and captured the academic opportunity, pedagogical democracy and sheer terror i felt

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If you want to feed your head, explore some excellent jams, and sit in on the college of musical knowledge, join one (or 3 for $50) of the Phish Studies 101 sessions in October: https://t.co/mAZVZbTzrl

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read @NYTnickc “I Dont’t Want To Go Home” oral history of @thestonepony and it brought 40 years of summers back to life. @TomMarshall111 and @alschnier have cameos https://t.co/nrnQNkfDOr

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@allisondman @hannu this is a must read and will appropriately freak you out

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finished an advance copy of @hannu “darkome” - wild and near future scary biohacking thriller. he creates a world that i loved as much as “quantum thief” but this time the science is frighteningly real (hey he does this for his day job!). buy it direct: https://t.co/gBlqd2ATnP

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@danielwdylan @PhishStudies @OregonState @KingKullenPDX great talk - the idea of tenancy for spot saving in the pit is brilliant insight and also vaguely terrifying that we can have that kind of discussion

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enjoying a slow llama on flight home. i will quietly rock out to end 5783

[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

the most valuable piece of technical advice i can offer for the next three weeks: if you're trying to change your ESPN Fantasy Football team logo, the file name in the URL must end in .jpg.

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@united follies update: new gate with a plane that is deplaning passengers. app still shows boarding time of 10 minutes ago. the pilots for the flight that was supposed to be at this gate didn’t know they got moved. so at least everyone gets bad info equally

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the sad bit of user experience that is the united app shows us boarding our flight now. unfortunately the previous flight is still at the gate, our inbound is in the air and the poor united customer service reps are scrambling. @united please do better

[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

watched first episode of “strange planet”. it’s goofy and fun and what i needed stuck in o’hare

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come on @united do better. first 30 minute delay then 45 min now you show us boarding 15 minutes before the inbound gets here?? your operational view is a mess and your claims of “operational disruption” can’t explain lack of scheduling slack, crew availability and good data

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@mdennedy donated to food bank or paid bonuses to her truck crew or otherwise used her fame and fortune for good. without seeking attention for it - one of the higher forms of charity

[Hal Stern @freeholdhal]

@bizarchive that “cities” may be best version in last 14 years