Hi Dad,
Hermes is not just a chatbot. It is closer to a private, always-available digital assistant that can remember things, use tools, work on projects, browse websites, schedule tasks, and get better as it learns how you like things done.
You do not need to be technical to use it. Talk to it normally. The important thing to understand is that Hermes can do more than answer questions. It can help you run little projects.
(Compiled from HP forums, Reddit, Level1Techs — May 7, 2026)
The bug: Starting with BIOS 01.03.11 (EliteBook) / 01.04.03–01.04.05 (ZBook), the laptop freezes at the HP logo/spinning circle during boot. Circle stops spinning, nothing happens. Some units boot on second attempt, others are completely bricked.
bootfail_cause: it's a "silicon lottery" — slightly faster hardware expects faster response times, and the BIOS timeout is too tight for some units. Explains why some machines are affected and others aren't. HP force-pushed the broken BIOS as a "Critical" update via Windows Update — automatically, without consent. Multiple users report machines bricked overnight. ### Affected Models | Model | Broken BIOS | Working Fallback | Fix | |-------|------------|-----------------|-----| |
This is the setup pattern I use on this Linux box so I can reach it remotely without a physical monitor attached.
The stack is:
Tailscale for private network access.NoMachine for remote desktop.Xvfb on display :99 to provide a fake display.XFCE running inside that virtual display.
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Anti-Recursion / Output Contract
You are not writing a metaprompt. You are rewriting P into a single, executable task prompt.
Hard Rules
| field = Movie.new(:title => 'Title', | |
| :release_date => '21-Apr-89', :rating => 'PG') #just makes a new object, doesn't add it to DB | |
| field.save! #now it's saved in DB, the '!' means an exception will be thrown if it can't be saved | |
| field.title = 'New' #changes the object field only, it is still 'Title' in the DB unless we save again | |
| #### Read | |
| pg_movies = Movie.where("rating = 'PG'") | |
| ancient_movies = Movie.where('release_date < :cutoff and rating = :rating', | |
| :cutoff => 'Jan 1, 2000', :rating => 'PG') | |
| #### Another way to read | |
| Movie.find(3) # exception if key not found |
| Print concentric rectangular pattern in a 2d matrix. | |
| Let us show you some examples to clarify what we mean. | |
| Example 1: | |
| Input: A = 4. | |
| Output: | |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 | |
| 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 |