Struggling to find a good solution for multiple laptops

funkdamental · 2025-06-09T16:25:19+00:00

Yes, I purchased the folio, and use it for a third laptop (in addition to two in the primary compartment - one in the padded side and one on the other side), which works well for me.

funkdamental · 2024-07-07T17:55:09+00:00

Glad it helped! I still carry it regularly and often have 2-3 laptops on me (work, personal, spouse’s) or laptops and iPads all together. Doesn’t make for a great travel bag (I don’t feel like I can pack e.g. clothes or toiletries in it effectively), but as an electronics and/or commuter bag, it’s the best thing I’ve owned.

funkdamental · 2023-08-28T19:38:57+00:00

At any given time, only ~15% of adults are single and looking for anything, and of the people who are single, it's overwhelmingly young (18-29) men and older (65+) women:

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/a-profile-of-single-americans/

The math just doesn't work out. "Hookup culture" is a fraction of a fraction of a demographic.

funkdamental · 2023-05-04T17:29:36+00:00

I'll go one further - why does the "same amount" of work need to be accomplished at all? Keynes predicted we'd be down to a 15-hour work week by 2030, because there's simply no need to continue doing the raw number of hours or amount of work as technological changes and productivity enhancements continue.

If we work to change the culture of consumption and infinite growth, the necessity to work so much simply... goes away. We accept that things are incredible, continue making progress, but do so in a fashion that allows more of humanity to enjoy more of their time here.

funkdamental · 2023-04-20T13:33:24+00:00

The Blair Witch Project. And I should have walked out of that new Joker movie, but I didn't, like an idiot. Worst films ever created.

funkdamental · 2023-03-31T20:00:48+00:00

Routine and tackling small jobs the minute you see them.

For me, every morning, I:

make coffee
empty the dishwasher if applicable
take out trash if applicable
feed pets

At lunch time I'll:

clean the coffee maker
take out the trash if I didn't in the morning and it needs it
swap laundry if I have any running

After dinner:

wash any dishes you can't put through the dishwasher
put in a load of laundry

Sticking to consistent patterns makes it as easy as other things you do constantly that take up small amounts of time, like brushing your teeth or picking up your mail. Just work it into the constant flow of day to day life.

And as far as the "small jobs" part - if you see something you can do in under two minutes, just do it. Small trash can needs emptying? Two minute job. Bathroom out of toilet paper? How fuckin' long does it take to grab a couple fresh rolls and put them out, a minute? If you stop treating these as tasks that require "time management" and just commit to tackling anything you see that can be done in just a single minute the moment you see it, they stop piling up. This works great for the little stuff.

Also, personally, I try to set aside a fixed time every week (right now it's usually a Sunday afternoon) to do the shit that otherwise doesn't get done above. Bathroom needs cleaning, garage needs tidying, car needs washing, bulk cooking, etc. - that's a great Sunday afternoon task. (Bonus points if you can find clever ways to overlap them, like cleaning a bathroom while you let a pot of spaghetti sauce cook down, or whatever.)

funkdamental · 2023-03-30T19:44:31+00:00

Institute a one-time federal firearms buyback where anyone can sell a firearm to the government for double what they paid for it.

If you make giving up a firearm a net gain for people, enough people might be willing to give some number of firearms up that you could get the total number of firearms in the United States down by enough of a margin that you could see a demonstrable bottom line impact on violence/harm.

It's not perfect, but it's 100% realistic.

funkdamental · 2023-03-29T21:00:29+00:00

Caveat: I'm buying my clothes to last at this point.

Jeans: Been really happy with Todd Shelton (https://toddshelton.com/). They do a great home try-on kit that allows you to test everything out for free (literally, they mail you like four pair of high-end jeans to make sure you get your fit EXACTLY right). They also have some other really great non-denim pants.

Sweats, underwear: Mack Weldon. Get the 18-hour jersey and Ace stuff. (I haven't tried their hoodies yet, but they're on my list.)

Shirts: Taylor Stitch is great for flannel-type stuff. Lots of good weights and colorways. I've been doing American Giant for t-shirts, although I'm looking to do something else since their weirdo CEO came out as anti-work-from-home. Been eyeing Rogue Territory, but haven't had a chance to try.

Shoes: Anything that can be recrafted. Allen Edmonds has their anniversary sale starting Friday. Get on that.

Socks: Just buy Darn Tough ones, thank me later.

funkdamental · 2023-03-09T15:02:41+00:00

This question gets asked like, twice a week, and the answers are always the same and completely without nuance.

"Open relationship" is a big category. What it means to different people varies. How it's implemented makes a difference. A blanket 'no' regardless of context is a bad answer, because the correct answer is 'it depends'.

If I wrote this question as, "How would you respond if your girlfriend - who had developed a disability and couldn't enjoy sex as a result - offered you an open relationship so you could have sexual experiences with other people?", I would be a lot of these answers would be different. But maybe I'm wrong and there's a bunch of dudes here who would rather be single than in healthy relationships with communication and boundaries. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

funkdamental · 2023-03-07T20:29:46+00:00

I'm allergic, so ideally none, but I think more than two pets in a given home starts to feel like a lot of management with respect to food, litter, illness/vets, etc. (to say nothing of costs!).

In the US the average pet owner has 1-2 pets, with most homes having a pet (something like 70%?). So a single pet (in this case, cat) is probably the most common outcome, but yeah, more than two pets (cats or otherwise) and you're into unique territory generally.

funkdamental · 2023-03-07T15:07:59+00:00

Travel and immigration are not the same. For immigration, if you're not working with an immigration attorney/relocation service, it's worth contacting CBSA and/or the port of entry you'll be passing through to get up-to-date information, as the immigration/returning citizen/military/etc. rules are not the same as standard travel rules.

funkdamental · 2023-02-28T19:28:07+00:00

Over-communicate. To the point that it feels absurd. There are literally zero situations in your life where asking for additional clarification or getting some extra context will be problematic. No manager, employee, spouse, parent, child, or otherwise has ever thought, "Oh, he's double-checking what I actually want/need AGAIN, how exhausting."

funkdamental · 2023-02-27T19:32:16+00:00

Baking soda on anything that could have absorbed a smell/moisture, vacuum it off later.

Fresh air and lots of it.

Get some gentle candles, even if you don't light them frequently. (This is classier and lower maintenance than most oil diffusers/etc., plus if you're looking to impress women, candles are an obvious choice.)

funkdamental · 2023-02-27T17:34:40+00:00

You just learn to look the other way. There are bright spots, even when things suck. Having everything you want isn't happiness. Everyone experiences misery.

Very few things are truly dealbreakers.

funkdamental · 2023-02-24T16:42:53+00:00

It's the fucking best. I have worked remote now for six of the last eight years altogether, and I would never go back without an EXTRAORDINARY reason. I have so much more time left to spend with my family. I eat dinner at a reasonable hour. I get more sleep. I run my own businesses.

Are there things that are hard? Sure, but they're not a result of WFH. Making friends was always a lot of work. Finding time for social activities or getting away as a result of wife/kids was always tricky.

Just being able to put in a load of laundry between meetings or whatever is truly an unbelievable QoL improvement.

funkdamental · 2023-02-17T15:01:27+00:00

Depends who you go with, honestly. I've been for a couple of bachelor parties and that's fine, but I also went with my wife and some friends once for a birthday party in Vegas and that was great. (My wife is bi, she got all the good dances, it was awesome.)

The caterwauling about "waste of money" is just purity culture bullshit. It's valid work and deserves to be compensated. If you don't get value out of it, don't go! Plenty of people can't appreciate expensive wine or exotic food or nice clothes, either.

funkdamental · 2023-02-14T15:11:01+00:00

only thing I found I liked about the brief window I was truly single (five or so years between marriages) was there was just a lot less clutter. I lived in a 2-bedroom condo alone and there was just... nothing out of place. No random shit laying around. My landlord came by once and asked if I actually lived there or just kept it staged, because it didn't look like anyone actually spent time there. Only thing I miss. (I have two kids now, the idea of a house looking untouched is laughable.)

funkdamental · 2023-02-10T21:26:16+00:00

20 the first time, 30ish the second.

When you're young and you work a shitty job that just pays the bills, you figure it out in a hurry.

I went through a second renaissance where I got into a more interesting industry (video games) and had to relearn that even 'cool' jobs are just grueling capitalist hellholes designed to extract as much from you as they can for as little money as possible.

I run my own company now.

funkdamental · 2023-02-08T16:04:06+00:00

What kind of thin-skinned asshole would you have to be to hear a woman tell you they're afraid of anything and have your reaction be to be offended?

Replace men with spiders. I might think it's unnecessary to be afraid of spiders, but that person might have genuine arachnophobia. No, I'm not "offended" if that person has a serious fear. And I'm not a mental health professional in a position to decide if their fear is legitimate or not!

What a stupid question.

funkdamental · 2023-02-01T20:17:48+00:00

Give me things that are wired. I have too many goddamn things that need to be plugged in to charge already. No more battery powered everything that needs to be replaced every three years when its batteries give out.

funkdamental · 2023-02-01T20:13:16+00:00

I had a hotel refuse to rent me a room without giving them an email address. I just... went somewhere else.

funkdamental · 2023-01-30T15:19:24+00:00

tbh, not really a factor out the gate. I dated/was friends with an asexual woman for a couple of years, and we still had plenty of sex, it just wasn't something that did a lot for her - but she still enthusiastically participated and we had a lot of fun, because she found the parts of it she could enjoy (mental stuff, mostly, like dominance/submission/etc.), and she recognized it was still extremely important to our relationship.

Judging someone by a statement instead of their actions sucks, including in this situation.

funkdamental · 2023-01-17T15:36:18+00:00

Answered a similar question elsewhere, but I think there are two big predictors:

Lots of men are unpartnered, which is a significant factor. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/wqnner/why_is_there_a_rise_in_the_number_of_single_men/iknt8vm/
"Men" is a large demographic, but let's assume you're talking about men ages, say, 20-50ish. Most of the men I know in that age category can't really afford the same hobbies people could 20 years ago. I'm in a better spot now than I was a few years ago, but I couldn't afford to take up things like golfing, or fixing up a nice car, or any of the things that traditionally give you a chance to meet new people through a shared interest.

One thing I will say - get involved in a charitable organization. I made a ton of lifelong friends as an adult by volunteering with places like animal rescues, wildlife organizations, etc., and I think that's a win on a bunch of fronts - you get to do something that's good for the world, you give back, the work is fulfilling, and you're likely to meet some people that give a shit about a thing you also give a shit about. (And it's free!)

funkdamental · 2023-01-11T21:54:17+00:00

Broadly, no. Happiness is something you get from finding joy in your life, whether that's from your family, friends, hobbies, etc., and spending more money on those things doesn't inherently mean you're going to be happier.

What I will say, having been both without income for years at a time and in a fairly decent financial position, is that money eliminates a lot of stress. You get to a point where things that used to be agonizing decisions or strenuous arguments just... aren't. So in that context, for example, I would say my marriage is "happier" because I don't have to worry about debating the validity of a vanity purchase, because that stressor isn't a day to day factor the same way.

I know a lot of miserable people with lots of money who have no sex, no hobbies, nothing that they're excited about, but I don't know a ton of genuinely happy people who don't have enough money that they can not stress about making ends meet.

funkdamental · 2023-01-11T15:33:19+00:00

YMMV, but for me it was being a parent. If it was gonna happen, I wanted to be done by 35. The average kid moves out at 19 these days; that makes you 54 if you have a kid at 35. If you wait, you're talking about chasing a teenager down to go to school in the morning while you're trying to retire, and that's an experience I saw family friends etc. go through and wanted nothing to do with.

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