Help! #Boot / #GRUB advice:

I have a relatively new laptop. Recently when rebooting it just went to the GRUB bash-like interface rather than booting.

99 times out of 100 when rebooting the laptop doesn't recognize any USB key is plugged in and goes straight to GRUB recovery. #EFI boot sees the drives EFI files though.

1 in 100 times the whole thing boots just fine from either the drive or USB key.

BIOS hard drive diagnostics says it's fine.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

Next one for the hive mind. You've suggested Synology but not Qnap. Both are Taiwanese so not US (Good).
Why Synology over Qnap?
If Synology why not the j (the cheaper one)?
With this many questions am I even qualified to embark on this project?!
and yes, I've tagged everyone who chimed in on the HDD questions...

#NAS #ITAdvice #LazyWeb
@leighelse @futuresprog @thomasbeagle @stojg @haydng

Dear #lazyweb

If you needed to do a full stack bootcamp to learn how to build web applications, where would you turn? Anything you think is great, or also stuff to avoid would be very helpful.

Thanks!

Do I remember someone mentioning a simple solution for preventing Mastodon instances from hammering a website when a link is posted?

(Might have slightly broken Mrs E's website, but I think it's recovered now.)

Dear #IoT #Lazyweb (esp Mr @fast_code_r_us) established wisdom (i..e 20 mins of googling and scrolling past the AI Lies) is that the ESP32-CAM camera module is too wimpy to generate native portrait-format JPEG's on-device (either by rotating them or adding magic metadata). Anyone know different?

I've just been shown this clip of a #starbucks #coffee scam, via Tom on Instagram.

42 sec video

Can anybody verify the accuracy of this? #lazyweb #askfedi

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIO77BwNOOX/

How can I tell which is going to last the best in a hard working Raspberry Pi?
I don't see any 'read/write cycles' data.
#SDCards #LazyWeb #Rpi

Anyone have recommendations for a macOS app to manage and organize PDFs? I have somewhere over 1000.

I used to use the Books.app, but the rewrite a few years ago took away a bunch of the organization ability (tagging, metadata editing etc).

I Ideally want something that keeps the PDFs stored in a folder of my choosing and keeps all the metadata in the files themselves. It should have it's own database that is simply an index of those PDFs to make searching/organization quick and easy.

Would it be possible to "toggle" requests with #htmx? Like, first click makes the request, second one doesn't, third one makes a new request and so on...

Any cactus experts out there in socials land? Are these lighter green blobs just more growth or are they the first sign of buds?

If I wanted to know what concerts were played on the date 2006-06-21 in a certain city, where or how could I get that information? Sorting through search results full of totally unrelated dates and events seems useless.

Is it possible to use a view transition for an exit animation of something in the top-layer? For example, a popover that’s open, but following a link within it causes a transition (and consequently the popover is closed after the transition). #CSS #LazyWeb

Does anyone have a bookmark for that article that was making circles a few years ago about interactive accessible SVG? It used a map of Canada as the example. #SVG #LazyWeb

Wait, where are US citizens voting ? Because I saw an imgur meme about voting in a church and it seems so deeply wrong to me #lazyweb

Back in the day I used dia for making flowcharts and decision trees.

For the last couple of years, I had regressed to using .DOT

Today I have a rather complicated chart that I need others to help with, and I don't expect them to understand DOT format, but DIA hasn't had an update in YEARS.

Is it still "fine", or is there a better alternative out there?

Must be open source, installable on Windows and Linux, & preferrably not web based.

http://dia-installer.de/download/index.html

Ideas for the best backup HD & software for my elderly parents?
*& for me, I'm too old to do tech support!!
#LazyWeb

Dumb E-bike question: what do I look for to pull kids in a trailer?

Was nimmt heutzutage, wenn man mal eben ein 50+MiB File jemandem zur Verfügung stellen will und keinen auf adminhassle hat?

Dear #LazyWeb #FediHerd,

with different disasters - both natural and otherwise - on the rise, I am looking for recommendations on a radio receiver that would be well suited (also) for in such occasions.

What I imagine - but if you thought it through better, do let me know - one would need:
- AM, FM, DAB (I imagine internet radio is most fragile)
- battery - either easy replaceable or rechargeable
- also work without batteries
- good quality and sturdy
- portable
- world coverage would be cool

Dear #lazyWeb & #lazyFedi,

I've built a small model in @OpenSCAD and I'm looking to get it 3D printed. Does anyone have any recommendations for 3D printing services?

I'd like it printed with a decent bit of mechanical performance. It will get wet, it will probably get oily and grimy. Part of it will be under "reasonable" compression load.

Are PCBWay or JLC any good? What about Treatstock? UK or EU preferred.

Personal experiences desired! I know how to Google/DDG.