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    1. Do you track your time?

      Basically the title. Do you now, or have you ever tracked your time to try to measure where it all goes? I've been feeling a little unproductive lately, and have heard anecdotally that keeping a...

      Basically the title. Do you now, or have you ever tracked your time to try to measure where it all goes? I've been feeling a little unproductive lately, and have heard anecdotally that keeping a log of time spent can be useful for realigning your priorities. I'm checking out a bunch of different apps and services, but also just curious to know if anybody has had any joy with this sort of thing?

      If you currently track your time, what do you use; are there things that you don't bother tracking; and do you feel like it's a useful tool?

      If you have in the past but don't anymore, same questions, but also why did you stop?

      13 votes
    2. TV Tuesdays Free Talk

      Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...

      Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.

      Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.

      6 votes
    3. What are your failed hobbies?

      As I spent some time recently clearing out my closet, I looked longingly at my keyboard that I purchased with the intent of learning and practicing while working from home, as well to my ant farm...

      As I spent some time recently clearing out my closet, I looked longingly at my keyboard that I purchased with the intent of learning and practicing while working from home, as well to my ant farm kit where I had unsuccessfully kept a queen and small colony for a few months until they died several years ago. I'm sure we all have these tokens of failed experiments or forays into hobbies that once seemed interesting but we ended up losing interest in.

      What are yours? Why were you initially interested in it and why did you stop?

      24 votes
    4. Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 7

      This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...

      This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

      This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.

      6 votes
    5. What did you do this weekend?

      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...

      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!

      5 votes
    6. Megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - March 7-8

      This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate...

      This thread is posted Monday/Wednesday/Friday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.

      19 votes
    7. Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of March 7

      This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...

      This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!

      7 votes
    8. Job search and placement services

      I've decided I'm going to start looking for a new job. I'm a software product manager in the US and will be looking for senior positions, hopefully remote. Has anyone used a service to help find...

      I've decided I'm going to start looking for a new job. I'm a software product manager in the US and will be looking for senior positions, hopefully remote. Has anyone used a service to help find jobs before? This is the first one I've come across and I'm considering it.
      https://www.findmyprofession.com/career-finder/

      Any thoughts or feedback welcome. Thanks.

      3 votes
    9. Daily megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - March 6

      This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...

      This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.

      21 votes
    10. Daily megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - March 5

      This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...

      This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.

      18 votes
    11. Quick question after a kernel update, mostly fear-based

      As some are aware, my NAS hates me. Anyway, I ran an update just now and it spat out the following: Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.27) ... update-initramfs: Generating...

      As some are aware, my NAS hates me. Anyway, I ran an update just now and it spat out the following:

      Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.27) ...
      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.0-30-generic
      I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sdb2
      I: (UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f)
      I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-27-generic
      I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sdb2
      I: (UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f)
      

      UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f is /swap.

      /dev/sdb2: UUID="e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="329487d0-88c7-4d47-ab82-dc4b80bd3bfe"
      

      The full log is below. If I reboot this thing, will it tell me that it cannot find GRUB like the previous installation that shit the bed?

      My assumption is that its simply telling me that it's enabled some sort of hibernation and will use the /swap for that.. but I'm totally on edge with this thing. I don't have a lot to set up with the system-side of things, so I put off trying to fix the old installation from the previous post until later.

      Anyway, does anything here seem fishy?

      Full output The following packages will be upgraded: linux-firmware 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 115 MB of archives. After this operation, 2,980 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 linux-firmware all 1.187.27 [115 MB] Fetched 115 MB in 5s (24.0 MB/s) (Reading database ... 201924 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-firmware_1.187.27_all.deb ... Unpacking linux-firmware (1.187.27) over (1.187.26) ... Setting up linux-firmware (1.187.27) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.0-30-generic I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sdb2 I: (UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f) I: Set the RESUME variable to override this. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-27-generic I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sdb2 I: (UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f) I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.

      ➜ ~ sudo blkid
      /dev/sdb2: UUID="e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="329487d0-88c7-4d47-ab82-dc4b80bd3bfe"
      /dev/sdb5: UUID="842ddd01-963f-4cea-b04f-a52b6b719a16" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="21a6f4e9-9893-423a-a30d-5981ac30b02b"
      /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop3: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop4: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop5: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop6: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop7: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/sda1: LABEL="Ext-4tb" UUID="6024-5AA9" TYPE="exfat" PARTLABEL="My Passport" PARTUUID="0b02c637-1696-4e38-85a1-9bb43103e675"
      /dev/sdb1: UUID="5cfbef39-3eb7-41e6-8223-e6881b4f3286" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="7df42fb5-0531-457c-92b5-fbf1878b043f"
      /dev/sdb3: UUID="4f30a4a2-9f28-4831-a22c-dc5b969c4f17" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="77f89dbc-f0d7-40d5-9174-ac03a786502e"
      /dev/sdb4: PARTUUID="93457ed0-e4ee-439f-9f41-5c106fb531e6"
      /dev/sdc1: PARTUUID="59c46c38-983b-41a1-9b01-17932ce1408c"
      /dev/sdc2: UUID="5A80-D8B1" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="dc39bca7-9d28-45df-9474-ae879b51304e"
      /dev/sdc3: UUID="5c159f93-0d79-46ca-81bc-862f9703c439" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="db95b761-edd1-423e-8f23-748bc3e24fbc"
      /dev/loop8: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop9: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop10: TYPE="squashfs"
      /dev/loop11: TYPE="squashfs"

      ➜ ~ du -h /boot
      2.5M /boot/grub/i386-pc
      2.3M /boot/grub/fonts
      7.1M /boot/grub
      du: cannot read directory '/boot/lost+found': Permission denied
      16K /boot/lost+found
      147M /boot

      edit:

      here's my fstab
      UUID=842ddd01-963f-4cea-b04f-a52b6b719a16 /          ext4  errors=remount-ro 0   1
      # /boot was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
      UUID=5cfbef39-3eb7-41e6-8223-e6881b4f3286 /boot      ext4  defaults          0   2
      # /home was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
      UUID=4f30a4a2-9f28-4831-a22c-dc5b969c4f17 /home      ext4  defaults          0   2
      # swap was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
      UUID=e6480da4-95f0-4cf3-a047-a43ef09f978f none       swap  tf                0   0
      
      3 votes