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Chesterwick Milorganite Hoan the Fourth (no relation)

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HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware (www.tomshardware.com)

On May 26, a user on HP's support forums reported that a forced, automatic BIOS update had bricked their HP ProBook 455 G7 into an unusable state. Subsequently, other users have joined the thread to sound off about experiencing the same issue....

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I also have a no Samsung policy, because of their refrigerators.

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This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around.

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    https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/c41da0a8-1e31-4d09-9d61-139e84e26425.jpeg

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    Sorry, it was late and I don’t often annotate photos on my phone. I’ll do better next time.

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    I tried doing a TimeShift restore last week for another software issue, and nvidia drivers crapped the bed (again). Decided it was time to bite the bullet and swapped out my 1080 Ti with a 7700 XT. Did a clean install of Manjaro, and it was eerie how simple it was to get everything including Wayland to work. Should’ve done it two years ago.

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    Cold brew? Asking for a friend named me.

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    I just hated that Windows had become a privacy cesspit and I wasn’t afraid of breaking things in Linux. Also, I accept that sometimes you just have to format and reinstall your sins of stupidity away.

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    PS - You Lemmy bastards did get me into Star Trek though. Maybe it has begun…

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    Command line stupidity, not Bad Dragon stupidity.

    hoanbridgetroll ,
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    Plot twist: She’s mining shitcoin with the courthouse electricity. She’s smart enough to know that’s the only paycheck she’s getting.

    Judge: “Counsel, why is your laptop running so loudly?”

    Lawyer: “It’s…uh…fuming at the witch hunt that my client has endured.”

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