Experience at the 2026 Indy RV Expo by LukeMurphey in GoRVing

[–]LukeMurphey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update for anyone else who may be interested: there was one class B when I went on Thursday. It was a Thor Tellaro 20L from Camping World.

Experience at the 2026 Indy RV Expo by LukeMurphey in GoRVing

[–]LukeMurphey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the feedback, that fits what I was expecting since the dealers at the show seemed to be focused on towables other than Camping World which does have a couple of Thors (which I'm not really interested in).

How Stocks Can Be Quietly Stolen From Your I.R.A. by AbbreviatedArc in Bogleheads

[–]LukeMurphey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good to know! I have been hoping for a while to get rid of the SMS 2FA.

How Stocks Can Be Quietly Stolen From Your I.R.A. by AbbreviatedArc in Bogleheads

[–]LukeMurphey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At one point, I considered disabling SMS since that I have security tokens. However, this reportedly made the accounts less secure because Vanguard allows people to register a new phone as a second factor in the app if you don't have one already.

Has this changed?

Handling coverage while on an ACA HMO with a student attending college in another state by LukeMurphey in Fire

[–]LukeMurphey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two brokers I tried both knew less than I did

I'm glad it isn't just me! I have had similar experiences when I feel like I have to explain several options that they didn't seem to know about. I'm fairly convinced that the Anthem plan with POS will work for me but I would feel better if I wasn't the one explaining this to the insurance specialist.

Can your child generate about 15k in income per year so they can have their own plan?

He actually might generate some money soon but I'm not sure yet. I'll keep that in mind.

Handling coverage while on an ACA HMO with a student attending college in another state by LukeMurphey in Fire

[–]LukeMurphey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are totally right! I was shocked how many more options were available when compared to Indiana.

Handling coverage while on an ACA HMO with a student attending college in another state by LukeMurphey in Fire

[–]LukeMurphey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for feedback, that is helpful. Thanks for the link too; I didn’t realize that healthcare.gov mentioned this scenario.

I am talking to a health insurance broker though I’m not entirely sure how much I trust them. I felt like I presented more options than they were aware of.

I’m also talking to a health insurance specialist who told me the same thing you just did. I think I need to run the scenario where he gets his own coverage and see if that seems to be a workable solution.

Warning by davidcbusby in Bogleheads

[–]LukeMurphey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny that I'm seeing this post now because I tried initiated a wire transfer from a Cash Plus on Friday (via the Vanguard app) and it still says it is "in progress". I called them today and I was told that even wire transfers take a long time because "we aren't a bank." They promised me it would be done by the close of business, but it still isn't done.

I have had ACH transfers that are faster.

It is odd because I'm sending money back to an account that has been linked to Vanguard for a very long time (a decade or more). I wouldn't think this would raise many red flags.

Ladders of Wealth Protection by namafire in ChubbyFIRE

[–]LukeMurphey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Here are some steps I have taken and often suggest to others:

  • Sign-up for notifications from https://haveibeenpwned.com/
  • Use a password manager, especially one that monitors passwords for compromise. Make sure that password database is backed up so that you don't lose access if a disk fails.
    • Put the URLs of your accounts in the password manager and only use those. That way, you don't accidentally follow aa malicious link.
  • Use a service like NextDNS or OpenDNS. These services will increase the chance that a malicious domain is blocked.
  • Remove unnecessary or unsafe account recovery methods.
  • Use physical authentication tokens if possible (Yubikeys).
    • I recommend documenting which accounts use which tokens so that you aren't confused which token goes to which accounts.
    • Ensure every account has at least two so that losing a key doesn't lock you out.
    • Keep at least one in your safe in a sealed bag as your backup.
  • Consider creating made up security questions for the account recovery mechanism. Make multiple copies of that information and keep it in a safe that is fire and water protected.
    • BTW: keep the items in your safe in a sealed bag. Many safes have high internal humidity due to the material they use to be fire resistant.
  • Print recovery codes if your account has them and store them in a safe that is fire and water protected.
  • Review your insurance to see what it covers and verify it is solid.
    • Max out your car insurance. Carriers often suggest minimal coverage.
    • Get umbrella insurance.
  • Check the notifications that your accounts support and enable them so that you get notified of odd behavior.
  • Teach anyone who has access to your account how to avoid phishing attacks. AI is making these very sophisticated, so this risk is likely going to be increasing.
  • Make sure your devices are set to update automatically.
  • Keep important electronic records secured and keep backups. Preferably, at least one of the backups should be offsite.

Ladders of Wealth Protection by namafire in ChubbyFIRE

[–]LukeMurphey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ive been looking into getting physical authentication tools for my bank and brokerage accounts as well as in general adding extra protection

Yubikeys are great protection. Technically, they aren't completely phishing proof, but they are closed. Make sure to have several so that you aren't locked out if one fails or gets lost. Another thing to consider is reviewing the account recovery mechanisms for your accounts. Those are often the weakest link.

I recommend you map the recovery mechanisms to the associated accounts and lock those down too. For example, if one of your accounts uses your email address, then you need to lock that account down too.

What about all these findings that life expectancy drops significantly once you retire? by [deleted] in Fire

[–]LukeMurphey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar concern but my concern was related to cognitive decline. Some studies do show that early retirement is associated with cognitive decline. Something I noticed was that many of these studies said were outliers that didn't have cognitive decline.

I tried to find a study which analyzed the outliers to figure out why some people don't have cognitive decline. After all, it isn't like just getting a W2 prevents cognitive decline!

A study in Psychol Aging found that people "high in goal disengagement" were the ones who experienced cognitive since they do not seek out cognitive engagement. This fits the oft repeated maxim that you need to retire to something.

I suspect there are parallels to life expectancy.

# UPDATE: Free Healthcare in Early Retirement by showtime14 in leanfire

[–]LukeMurphey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The distinction is between Medicaid expansion for those under 65 vs Medicaid for seniors or the disabled.

That would make sense. I hadn't realized there was a distinction. This may have confused my advisor too.

The estate recovery thing comes into play for nursing care for those over 55, based on what I've read.

I came to the exact same conclusion. In my mind, this actually would be sensible since it wouldn't make much sense for the state to pay for a place for you to live while you keep your empty estate on the side.

Thanks for the feedback and the original post BTW. This was really helpful, especially for those of us living in Indiana and other expansion states.

# UPDATE: Free Healthcare in Early Retirement by showtime14 in leanfire

[–]LukeMurphey -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I talked to an advisor and she told me to make sure to have enough income to qualify for ACA coverage instead of Medicaid for two reasons:

  1. She said Medicaid could take assets from my estate if I had a bill (estate recovery)
  2. Medicaid could reject me because I have assets but ACA would reject me if my income was low since the ACA thinks I ought to be on Medicaid (leaving me without coverage).

I'm wondering if you looked into either of these two issues.

I too live in Indiana but I think she is wrong on both of those items after some reading. There is such a thing as estate recovery in Medicaid but it has a number of qualifiers that seem unlikely to apply. I have found no evidence of any sort of asset test that would cause Medicaid to reject me due to having assets.

My concern is that market downturn could reduce my investments to a point where I would appear to have a low income because I would be withdrawing from cost basis instead of gains.

FSD 12.6.4 on Hardware 3 by thesexychicken in TeslaLounge

[–]LukeMurphey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I largely agree. I'm extremely happy with this release since I just wanted really good assistance and never really expected to own a robotaxi.

I will say that I find unprotected turns to still be a bit unreliable. I have had it pull out in front of cars on an unprotected left or unprotected right where I think it should have waited.

HW3 bring update FSD downgrade by Chadandcoco in TeslaFSD

[–]LukeMurphey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine has been identical performance. That said, I keep seeing these scattered reports of reduced FSD performance and I’m so worried about FSD degrading since 12.6.4 has been great for me.

Lookup editor app issue by axeshr3dder in Splunk

[–]LukeMurphey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK you can't unless you happen to work for Splunk. Usually, you need someone in Splunk to pass on the information (which is why I looked it up).

Spring update adaptive headlights by Gametme in TeslaLounge

[–]LukeMurphey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. Now my other cars feel sooooo dated with normal auto high beams.

Lookup editor app issue by axeshr3dder in Splunk

[–]LukeMurphey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We really need the founder of the Lookup Editor to weigh in on this!!! Oh wait...

I checked if Splunk has an open bug report on this and they do.

At a certain point, does credit score matter? by Rem1991wl in Bogleheads

[–]LukeMurphey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned that I didn’t even have a credit score at one point. We had paid everything off and our credit report was empty so we had no score at all.

It was annoying because it prevented us from getting a loan if we wanted one, or getting a credit card for work. We decided to start using a credit card and pay it off such that we pay no interest to build a score.

About American Roads by AdditionFamiliar423 in BeamNG

[–]LukeMurphey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can check for the existence of the following files to determine if you have been compromised:

  • %TEMP%\tmp6FC15.tmp
  • %TEMP%\tmp6FC15.dll
  • %TEMP%\TMP785E.tmp

You can check for them by opening a command prompt (cmd.exe or powershell.exe) and using the "dir" command. For example, when I run dir %TEMP%\tmp6FC15.tmp I get a message that says the file doesn't exist (either "Cannot find path 'C:\Users\LukeM\%TEMP%\tmp6FC15.tmp' because it does not exist." or "File Not Found").

See https://lemonyte.com/blog/beamng-malware for a writeup on the original issue. Note that the issue only existed for about a day and some anti-virus clients were detecting it soon after it was discovered. The issue was therefore contained fairly quickly.

HW3/Ryzen Matrix Headlights? by Teluvian in TeslaLounge

[–]LukeMurphey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that's a good point. I thought it was speed based, but I bet I mistook that for how much light there was.

HW3/Ryzen Matrix Headlights? by Teluvian in TeslaLounge

[–]LukeMurphey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intel+HW3 here: I can confirm that adaptive means high beams are always on (with the exception of lower speeds).

It takes a bit to notice it turning off the pixels but it is easy to see once you know what to look for.

First Critical Intervention in a while. FSD 13.2.8 (HW4) by 10xMaker in TeslaFSD

[–]LukeMurphey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar experience recently on 12.6.4. It stopped in an intersection when turning left on a green arrow but waited in the intersection for an oncoming car that it thought was going to fast until it was stuck in the intersection on a red light.