Val

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[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6 million, months before the wildfires, per NYP.

[Marcus Aurelius Wisdom @lawsofaurelius]

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

[Val @txvalp]

@CenterPoint Would be nice if you sent a notification BEFORE turning off the power for preventive maintenance. And by the way, your notifications suck, I'm getting emails that my power has both been restored and not yet restored.

[Val @txvalp]

@Ventuskycom @DWD_presse Isn't this how UFOs are explained away in every alien invasion B-movie?

[Val @txvalp]

@fad_meister @ATT @TMobile @Verizon TMobile is implementing the same requirement for autopay discounts. Yeah, the company that keeps leaking our personal data expects us to trust them with our bank accounts.

[Val @txvalp]

@jarwidmark @github I can't get to it at all.

[Val @txvalp]

Don’t neee a hacker for hire, need a company with customer service.

[Val @txvalp]

After many years of parking at the @theParkingSpot when traveling, I will need to change because they locked my account and ask me to call guest services, but there is no phone number for guest services listed. Life is too short to deal with this.

[Val @txvalp]

@Karlovich17 @HPSupport I assume this has been fixed. Please let me know if you are still seeing the issue.

[Val @txvalp]

@elonmusk "If I'd ask customers what they wanted, they would've told me a faster horse." - Henry Ford

[Val @txvalp]

@RepAdamSchiff @Geodesicz Yeah, because that 1st amendment is so problematic, let's grant Congress the power to determine what is reasonable.

[Val @txvalp]

Hey @USPSHelp, how do you get past this? This happens even with your recovery password.

I'd find this funny if it wasn't so sad.

[Val @txvalp]

hey @backcountry your warranty to support team has been ghosting me. Do they exist?

[Val @txvalp]

@InternetH0F What are blackberries named after?

[Val @txvalp]

@Bu5yGiraffe @nkofahl @gwblok That looks like a supersede issue, I'll forward it. We are implementing additional checks for these type of issues, so hopefully it will get better when these checks roll into production.

[Val @txvalp]

@miketerrill @gwblok @SeguraOSD @nkofahl @Geodesicz @theznerd

[Val @txvalp]

@gwblok @ryandengstrom @nkofahl @Geodesicz @theznerd @miketerrill Another imperfect hack is to use the BIOS version, since Consumer products have a different version format (I believe F.xx or something like that).

[Val @txvalp]

@gwblok @ryandengstrom @nkofahl @Geodesicz @theznerd @miketerrill It is not comprehensive, you are missing a few product lines from workstations and desktops, I believe.

You could check if HP BIOS settings exists which would be a 80-90% shortcut, but doesn't give you all the information (e.g. does it support Windows 11, for example)

[Val @txvalp]

@theznerd @Geodesicz @gwblok @nkofahl @miketerrill From the CAB file, unfortunately. We'll be looking at making that easier in the future.

[Val @txvalp]

@Geodesicz @gwblok @nkofahl @theznerd @miketerrill Best way is to use the platform list XML file. This should have already scrubbed the platforms that are not supported. Guessing solely based on WMI data is not reliable for this use case.