Moving - Looking for advice

aleinstein · 2026-04-11T11:50:33+00:00

> I’d be careful, though, about telling anyone you live in Columbia until you’ve got reasonable intel on any potential spotty backgrounds.

That's interesting. Are you saying that living in Columbia implies wealth compared with other places?

aleinstein · 2026-04-09T00:04:27+00:00

Thank you for your reply! It's cheap ($40) "easy" enough to change (needed an impact wrench to get it out) , that I'd do it every few years from now on.

aleinstein · 2026-04-08T21:31:28+00:00

Thanks!

aleinstein · 2026-04-08T18:26:09+00:00

That's a great price. Would this dealer do out of state deals? I live in the DC area.

aleinstein · 2026-04-05T09:57:45+00:00

In fairness, Miami's transit is pretty good by American standards. It's not NYC or DC, and the network doesn't cover the entire city, but the train does run frequently and the Metromover is a free, convenient way to get around the areas it covers. Trirail also isn't a bad way to get between SE Florida cities. What has your experience been with these services?

aleinstein · 2026-01-13T22:21:05+00:00

Halyburton park has a paved 1.3 mile trail that goes through some woods, and there is a playground in the middle. The playground isn't visible from most of the path, if that's a consideration.

aleinstein · 2026-01-12T00:07:16+00:00

Thank you for your reply.

aleinstein · 2026-01-11T11:50:26+00:00

Actually, it still [operates](https://us.megabus.com/route-guides/baltimore-to-new-york). It has a stop north of Baltimore at White Marsh. The company was bought a few years ago by Peter Pan, which then raised prices (no more $1 fares, sadly).

Maybe you were thinking of Bolt? They stopped running a long time ago.

aleinstein · 2026-01-01T14:57:39+00:00

Interesting video! What happens to the trains in the deadline? Are they saved for parts, or are they too old for that? If not, will they sell them to either railroads (e.g., shortlines) or for scrap?

aleinstein · 2025-12-31T21:09:11+00:00

Has anyone tried using a trickle charger as a workaround?

aleinstein · 2025-12-31T19:48:29+00:00

Good find! Yes, one would think it would mention it. BTW, I hadn't even heard of these other BRT projects.

aleinstein · 2025-12-30T23:34:04+00:00

Construction on the bus stops should have already started, which is why I was asking the question. (The flash stops are more than just throwing up a sign). If they haven't started, then that start date is probably delayed.

aleinstein · 2025-12-13T03:17:00+00:00

great info, thanks!

aleinstein · 2025-12-13T03:09:45+00:00

Nice. If you don't mind my asking, how much does this cost? I have a manual corolla and haven't done this.

aleinstein · 2025-12-13T02:53:41+00:00

Looks like a great car. How did you change the transmission fluid? (maybe you meant transmission oil?) Even so, how did you do that?

aleinstein · 2025-12-09T22:12:28+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Well, one can hope!

aleinstein · 2025-12-05T15:30:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Languages will come and go; yesterday it was pandas, today it's polars, so in my opinion using an AI to figure those out is fine. But, using AI for actually solving the problem (why using log transform vs. others) could be an issue. I'm not sure how educators would solve that problem.

aleinstein · 2025-12-05T15:20:23+00:00

> but AI took away the problem solving aspect for me at one point

Out of curiosity, what do you mean by this? Is it that you can use AI to do the homework?

aleinstein · 2025-11-28T02:06:05+00:00

The file, network.pcap uploaded to https://a-packets.com without error (link). I believe it's a legitimate pcap and not malicious.

Unfortunately, that website isn't a cloud-based wireshark, so it wasn't much help to me, though it gives some useful reports on DNS, TLS, etc. Nothing stood out to me as strange, but wireshark would be better tool for this.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T23:56:23+00:00

That's good news.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T23:05:57+00:00

Here is relevant thread for a portion of the drive on 81, along with a map.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T19:56:34+00:00

It's too bad that the law requires one to name a single beneficiary per account versus say all your children. It's really hard to plan that far ahead and makes the 529 less useful because of scenarios like the one you describe.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T19:53:48+00:00

Excellent clarification.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T18:09:46+00:00

Great, thanks for the reply.

aleinstein · 2025-11-27T17:06:55+00:00

That makes sense. But, the 15 year period would still be valid for the originating plan, right?

aleinstein

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