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Kind of weird how GRUB is "BURG" backwards...
BURG stands for Boot UR GRUB
And GRUB stands for GRand Unified BURGer
No, that's definitely GRUBER

Threre used to be a fork of grub called burg. They lost a great opportunity there
This made me think of Mitch Hedbergs escalator joke.
"I like the escalator, man, 'cause the escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. There would never be an 'Escalator Temporarily Out of Order' sign, only an 'Escalator Temporarily Stairs - Sorry for the Convenience.'"
Escalator breaking in such a way that it goes way too quickly could make it unusable.
True. Though that's much more isolated. Typically criminal negligence is involved. Though early escalators were always slightly scarry meat grinders.
Yeah I donβt fuck around with out of order escalators if I can avoid it. Iβve seen too many internet videos.
I am scared to wear sandals on them because of how many times I've stubbed my toe on the edge walking up, and those things still draw blood
I wonder how many non tech people thought it was their new slogan.
I was thinking that for a quarter second until I read the second line. :)
Surprisingly this is not actually an inappropriate thing to display there, seeing as they do indeed sell grub.
...so linux crashed and rebooting here?
Errmm. I'm told that Linux does not crash.
You have been told wrong. I've been using Linux for about 20 years now, and while it doesn't crash as often as windows, I've certainly had my share of Linux crashes.
Maybe there was a power outage. There's a good chance this is in the US of A. Maybe a geoguesser can confirm the location.
I started tinkering with Linux 9 years ago. I have compiled a driver into the kernel that caused kernel panics. But when using out of the box distros I don't recall having a crash that needed reboot. I've had a couple of lockups that were solved by changing to an alternate tty login and restarting the display manager, or doing a forced logout, but not in several years at least.
I was using Linux and Windows for work, they stopped offering the Linux application I used, so moved to Windows for work only. Its hella janky most days, I can't believe Microsoft thinks this is a mature operating system.
I can't believe Microsoft thinks this is a mature operating system.
I'm not sure they think that. At least not all the engineers. Management maybe. But they do sell it as such.
I've had plenty of crashes but it's all Windows video games running under compatibility layers.
While mine hasn't technically crashed, it's gone through a tough time with my previous (faulty) CPU, freezing solid and the graphic environment shitting the bed randomly, several times a day. That might still get you to a GRUB screen.
The first time I looked at this, when it was posted, I failed to recognize that "grub" is a slang word for food.
I used to know that, and I knew it for most of my life. I think it got pushed out by some stupid video I watched, or maybe a meme.
How does this happen? Boot loader and OS on separate disks, and the OS disk has failed?
Is that in India?
Arizona actually i think itβs in el mirage maybe off northern or olive
Someone else in this thread said Sun City. You guys should fight about it. I will watch.
I wanna say itβs gotta be like two or 3 miles southwest of the US 60 and Peoria I drive for Uber and I go past that like every few days and every single time I laugh at it. Not sure if thatβs technically Sun City or El Mirage but itβs gotta be like right on the edge of each. Pretty sure itβs like 3 miles east of that Quiktrip that I always take a shit at.
The other commenter put an actual address. But it sounds like you guys are pretty much agreeing. Which means I donβt get to fan the flames of an internet fight.
Itβs also kind of amazing to me, with how small lemmy is, that thereβs someone who drives by this place regularly.

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