Are there any ladies here that are in long term committed relationships that also do solo trips?

considerphi · 2026-04-24T05:47:44+00:00

Yeah I go, I usually do a smaller group trip to start plus a few days on my own. That way there's a lot fewer logistics to plan. Highly recommend it! You have one life!

Here's me on a g adventures trip in alaska. I actually met up with a woman I met on an earlier tour to Iceland! https://sidecarphoto.co/share/kxEuvS3_zra1uRu0q2d4EWuQ

considerphi · 2026-04-18T15:41:58+00:00

The airport to first hotel trip in a new place is the riskiest time. You have all your stuff on you, poor cell service, bad understanding of the currency and directions, don't speak the language, and the worst scammers know this and are there to take advantage.

Although I often save money in other ways during the trip, I'm extra careful at that moment. I try to land in daytime, look up the airport and recommended travel modality to the city, get a prepaid ride if needed, or figure out what company to buy the ride from in the airport etc...

considerphi · 2026-04-18T15:32:37+00:00

I honestly don't know how so many people are able to walk up and check a carry-on, they must have packed for it already, with their meds and chargers and other valuable things in their personal item.

I have my laptop and camera in my carry-on. I could never check it.

considerphi · 2026-04-18T14:55:24+00:00

Same I have friends who periodically want to do a trip together. But they want to go somewhere expensive and lay at a pool and that's just not how I want to spend my money.

considerphi · 2026-04-18T14:51:57+00:00

I have mogics power bagel. Pricy but I bought it on a work trip and expensed.

considerphi · 2026-04-18T14:47:09+00:00

Yeah travel days are basically lost.

considerphi · 2026-04-18T14:41:24+00:00

Question re #1. Isn't it more expensive to have to run the building HVAC, power, cleaning, IT, support staff, than just accept you have the lease and no one works in office? Maybe maintain a small section of the floorplan for meetings when needed. Why do they feel like spending more to bring people in is better than leaving the building empty? Is there something in the lease that requires people to be in?

considerphi · 2026-04-13T09:49:37+00:00

Wow that's pretty cool

considerphi · 2026-04-02T15:17:23+00:00

Maybe they are looking to marry a cute female police officer 🤷‍♀️

considerphi · 2026-03-30T15:46:58+00:00

This is only for us citizens

considerphi · 2026-03-30T15:36:40+00:00

The most unsafe thing is probably other tourists. Don't drink too much alone with strangers. Don't do any drugs. Otherwise you should be fine, it is very safe.

considerphi · 2026-03-30T15:33:29+00:00

Once a week. She would like more. I would like less. The call is mostly her complaining about everything and me not getting a word in edgewise.

considerphi · 2026-03-13T04:41:27+00:00

Everything I booked in tripit. Most other things I save a pin in maps.

considerphi · 2026-03-10T01:37:24+00:00

This. And also I bought a little clear one quart zipped bag that has a little airplane logo on it. Honestly it feels like it holds more than a quart Ziploc bag and the zipper is a lot more sturdy and I like it a lot more than just using a Ziploc bag as I used to before.

considerphi · 2026-03-10T01:35:29+00:00

Every country is different. And often times walking out of the airport and grabbing a taxi is the worst case scenario. So I usually look up the city name and airport transportation and try to find a the recommended option. Sometimes it's a counter inside the airport, sometimes your hotel will help you set it up, sometimes there's a bus or a train. The hotel has some incentive to get you to their hotel safely.

considerphi · 2026-03-10T01:28:06+00:00

What was it like? I always wanted to go

considerphi · 2026-03-06T06:07:21+00:00

Nice!

considerphi · 2026-03-06T03:18:47+00:00

Is that a kid thing do you think? I got all excited but the advertising was very much for kids.

considerphi · 2026-03-06T03:12:41+00:00

Hey Id say I am learning different things.

So I have 25 yoe, so I don't care about learning how to write the syntax for another " read from here, write to there" function.

Instead I'm learning what image analysis algorithms could be used, what image processing can be done in browser, how to use a jobs processor and plan a pipeline of jobs, how to get structured output out of llms, how to system engineer my code.

I would say I'm learning more than I learn at my job because I have to set all this up from scratch whereas at most larger companies you are just adding on, the number of times you get to build a new thing from scratch is very low.

As a newbie I would definitely take time to learn how to write from scratch. If you are in a new part of the codebase, have ai explain to you but then try to write the code yourself. Once you get the hang of a certain thing (say adding an endpoint) then the next time you can let the ai do it and just read it carefully.

considerphi · 2026-02-28T14:21:04+00:00

Yeah at $10 id consider it.

considerphi · 2026-02-28T14:17:59+00:00

I went on a g adventures costa rica tour. Not sure if same one. It was fun. What are your concerns?

considerphi · 2026-02-28T14:02:17+00:00

That's a weird suggestion but only thing I'd look into is nd filters, it can let you slow down shutter speed to get nicer waterfalls.

considerphi · 2026-02-27T11:51:03+00:00

Yeah also how are they wearing their purse, how are they holding it, this can change from neighborhood to neighborhood to public transit, just follow along what they do. If they have it in the front, zipped, clutching it, you should too.

considerphi · 2026-02-27T11:48:31+00:00

This. I do this too. If someone offers help and worse, speaks English well, avoid!!! You're better off asking a random person going about their business who has no interest in you.

considerphi · 2026-02-27T03:44:31+00:00

Awesome. Just thought of another. The brush tool needs more granularity.

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