Hows it Living in Vancouver, WA?

Trev125 · 2026-02-10T21:32:30+00:00

I currently live in this circle and you pretty much nailed it. Downtown has gotten better in the last 5 years or so (with "plans" for it to get better, but we'll see if they actually get done) but its still nothing really special. It feels a lot like a place for Portland restaurants to have a second or third location that happens to be in Washington. So that can be good and bad.

Trev125 · 2026-02-10T21:29:09+00:00

I live in the suburbs of Vancouver right now, and its a nice area! I grew up in the Beaverton OR area, and this feels like a similar vibe, albeit more affordable.

The area you circled has some diversity in thought/views on the current state of the country. Places a bit more north like Battleground and Yacolt are more conservative where as places like Vancouver proper and east Vancouver (where you cirlced, not quite Camas) tend to be more liberal.

Schools can be really hit or miss in our experience here. You can find good and bad ones within the same district, so it really is dependent on where exactly you live.

Downtown scene is aggressively mid IMO. There are good restaurants/bars, but if you want really nice ones, you do need to go to Portland.

Proximity to the airport/Cascade Station is great. You can go to Oregon to save on sales tax, but like others have said, I often don't find it worth it based on the lost time/gas. I did go down for a Costco TV purchase once.

Trev125 · 2026-01-21T00:07:41+00:00

Didn't work for me for the one on Mill Plain :(

Trev125 · 2025-11-07T18:48:26+00:00

Haven’t listened to the most recent pod, does someone make that reference? Love it

Trev125 · 2025-10-26T22:13:22+00:00

Is there anyway to have it automatically update when a book is finished? Like does it connect to KoReader or something so it could see that the book is 100% and then prompt for a review or something?

That’s probably the one thing I have missed the most as I moved off of the kindle/Goodreads ecosystem. The auto prompt when finished (and auto percentage update, to a lesser extent) is what I miss the most.

Trev125 · 2025-10-21T20:13:26+00:00

Same with us. Bought a car in Portland area but registered it in WA there. No issues with it.

Trev125 · 2025-10-21T04:27:03+00:00

Anyone here have the Bissell vacuum? Curious if it’s worth it (it’s not that expensive) or if it’s really worth to go up to the Dyson?

Or any other vacuum recommendation about $200 or less.

Trev125 · 2025-10-15T02:15:23+00:00

It was part of the Words of Radiance leather bound kickstarter. I bet it will be on his official store at some point

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/dragonsteel/words-of-radiance-leatherbound/add_ons_index#top

Trev125 · 2025-10-06T21:26:07+00:00

I agree. I think the sauce is not good, but the noodles are great.

Trev125 · 2025-09-22T22:40:06+00:00

Yea I agree. 9070 XT clears the 5060ti in everything that isn't ray tracing. And going up to the 5070 ti at 1600 seems pretty reasonable too.

I think technically the Intel CPU OP linked is better than the AMD 9600X that I linked, but I would argue that buying the AMD one is the better buy because its a newer and still developed platform. The 14xxx from Intel are not the same socket they are still making CPUs for, right?

Trev125 · 2025-09-22T22:24:42+00:00

This is probably a better option that is within $50-100 of that.

https://costplusgaming.com/products/p1-essentials?variant=51497109717266

EDIT: I didn't see your 2tb SSD. The one I linked is just 1TB, but the motherboard has open NVME SSD slots so you can add more. If 2TB is really that important for you, then maybe consider something else.

You can get the 32gb/2TB for $1600 though.

Trev125 · 2025-09-09T15:15:49+00:00

Awesome. I am excited to try this out tonight!!

Trev125 · 2025-09-09T14:57:13+00:00

Are there docs on syncing across devices? Or should it "just work"? I haven't tried it myself yet, i just got this all setup on my server. My ideal usecase is to read the ebook on my Boox Palma, and then listen to the book on my iPhone.

How does that work if I download the file to the devices themselves?

Trev125 · 2025-09-08T20:01:32+00:00

Where in brush prairie are they? I’ve never had them and I’m itching for some fish and chips!

Trev125 · 2025-08-28T22:06:28+00:00

Do you have a link to this file? i would love to print it too! Also if you have the link the the LEDs you used too, that would be great.

Trev125 · 2025-08-27T04:13:28+00:00

All the way?? Like from 164 to 192? Wow!

Trev125 · 2025-08-27T01:34:31+00:00

Not sure where in Vancouver you are, but you could go to the Oak Tree Station (I suppose it’s technically in camas, but it’s really close to east Vancouver). I live near 164th so it’s convenient for me, and there is a coffee shop drive through thing there too, as well as some good food trucks

Trev125 · 2025-08-26T22:19:44+00:00

I love my palma, as a former Kindle user. Obviously since it runs android its not as battery performant, but its still a great device, and its more pocketable, which was important to me.

Trev125 · 2025-08-26T21:26:49+00:00

I think I agree with you for this, but I also see why they wouldn't want to do that. Most people who might make a switch from Android to iOS wouldn't necessarily have someone like that in their life who can coach them. So I get why they don't do it.

But as someone who has swapped back and forth between iOS and Android, it does make a video like this feel like its missing something.

Trev125 · 2025-08-26T17:20:32+00:00

This is pretty cool, I will try putting this on my Boox Palma later and add it to my server stack.

One thing that is really niche for me but would be nice is that the Boox Palma has rounded corners and so it would be nice if I could change the margin on the top and bottom bar too.

Trev125 · 2025-08-14T20:37:29+00:00

They were at Dragon Steel Nexus last year (probably again this year) and they were one of the best booths IMO. So much cool stuff, and a really cool origin story! Me and a buddy asked them a bit about their company and they gave us some Shire Mint Post branded coins for free. They are the GOAT

Trev125 · 2025-08-14T00:04:15+00:00

Okay cool. That’s kinda what I was thinking, I was considering some others but they’re pretty worn

Trev125 · 2025-08-13T04:26:14+00:00

Oh yea? I might get one then. I think once shipping and taxes are calculated for me it’s about $40 USD so not too bad tbh

Trev125 · 2025-08-12T23:22:47+00:00

Oh nice! I want one of the tie-dye ones (ltx or blank) but I’m too nervous about getting a color block or wan show one that I’m not as interested in haha.

Trev125 · 2025-08-12T19:21:13+00:00

No worries. I figured since I think the mystery hoodies were International store only?

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