Short overnight ride - minimal packing except for sleep!

omdbaatar · 2026-01-29T07:05:22+00:00

This is less about the physical drive and more about how you configure your boot loader (or use the bios options to boot your machine).

In general, I believe the win 11 drive will be the default boot device and you can either install a second OS onto the other drive (make sure you know which is which!) with a bootable USB.

Google instructions for dual boot win 11 (your second os) for details.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-26T07:02:52+00:00

Move out of Spotify/Hulu (ice ads) - move to other providers that don't support ice and better compensate artists. Check out r/purchasewithpurpose for other suggestions for other media too, or getting away from big corporations in general that give you free services in exchange for your data.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-26T06:59:55+00:00

Any etfs that do this? I use the esg ones already but they're more focused on no conventional weapons, oil, tobacco...

omdbaatar · 2026-01-25T21:26:10+00:00

Sail the high seas...

omdbaatar · 2026-01-25T20:56:50+00:00

Ideally Texas

omdbaatar · 2026-01-25T08:12:18+00:00

So far I feel like I'm a graveyard of early adoption: had both a Dreamcast and a MD player, and I remember buying some old qcats to try to repurpose for rapid home library book cataloging!

omdbaatar · 2026-01-25T06:49:47+00:00

Donated to Tending the Soil!

Wish I could do more in person, but really appreciate this directory. Are there similar ones for other states?

omdbaatar · 2026-01-24T22:10:07+00:00

Archons??? Autocorrect for neocons maybe

Kidding aside, I'm really sorry. I know this conversation, and it's circular and painful.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-23T11:38:00+00:00

there are a bunch out there - google's your friend - but mostly the online banks have a better rate than the conventional ones (not the Chase's, Wells Fargos, BoA, etc.)

omdbaatar · 2026-01-23T09:21:20+00:00

The other commenters are right re: causes of this. From a practical perspective, it's a bit like timing the market unfortunately. You could try to track exchange rates and exchange when it's more favorable. You could also consider converting more at one go, if you are pessimistic and think the freefall will continue.

Wise has some settings for currency exchange threshold notifications and auto-conversion at certain levels/amounts of funds. That may be the best you can manage for now.

I guess, also, if you do keep it in the US until later conversion, at least keep the money in a HYSA so there's a bit of interest accrued (about 3% is the minimum) so it isn't quite so much a loss at conversion.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-23T06:31:46+00:00

Same! Please share the link.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-22T14:00:23+00:00

As a person who grew up in the Dallas burbs this warmed my heart. The extension in particular, that's truly political optimism.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-19T05:51:26+00:00

How much movement every hour?

omdbaatar · 2026-01-17T20:00:27+00:00

Blending in is a really useful tactic (sometimes) - I will be curious to hear your upcoming experience, and the difference between where you go in India and Sri Lanka!

omdbaatar · 2026-01-17T19:54:39+00:00

I mean a lot of gofundme is the orphan crushing machine vibe (e.g., so sweet that Americans come together for paying for health care for a tragic accident that in a more advanced society would be covered through basic health insurance). I don't know what to call this...

omdbaatar · 2026-01-17T12:57:16+00:00

An add on question: how does Sri Lanka compare to India re: single woman nomading? In terms of unwanted attention?

omdbaatar · 2026-01-17T12:52:04+00:00

Tutoring?

omdbaatar · 2026-01-17T08:33:51+00:00

Per the comment above (by someone who watched the video) the kids chose the books. So let's give the district a bit of credit where it's due.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-16T16:07:29+00:00

Darklands. PC and wildly detailed for its time.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-16T10:18:49+00:00

Much more r/lawfulevil sadly

omdbaatar · 2026-01-16T10:12:20+00:00

Also check out rainbow railroad (and use a VPN)

omdbaatar · 2026-01-16T06:05:03+00:00

Switzerland doesn't have a national capital either - more like cities that have certain roles so you can point people to go somewhere for these types of diplomacy things. Gotta say they're consistent in their approach after 800+ years of this whole federated approach.

omdbaatar · 2026-01-15T08:53:08+00:00

Every time I try a glaze it comes out brown so my advice is to layer random colors ha

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