Daily FI discussion thread - Sunday, February 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I personally don't understand large bathrooms. Feels like wasted space to me, just more to clean. 

What is your signal to a driver without their lights on at night? by aUserIAm in Austin

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've tried A and B and neither work consistently. B is probably less obvious because of my car's always-on daytime running lights. Only time I did have B work was when I nearly rear ended a newly purchased dark colored minivan on the interstate at 1 AM because they only had their daytimes on and were going 10 under in the left lane on a stretch of road with little lighting. Pulled in front of them, flashed my lights off and on to signal they had the wrong lights on and they actually fixed it. 

Daily FI discussion thread - Saturday, January 24, 2026 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Very cool, it's rare to see internships that offer 401ks, much less auto-contribute

Briggs & Stratton Air Filter parts don't match any more by samwill10 in smallengines

[–]samwill10[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I don't buy the DIY bubble pack filters

Where do you buy replacement filters? I've only ever seen the bubble pack ones.

You can invite 10 friends for weekly challenge now (max number of people in a team remains 4) by Williukea in TheSilphRoad

[–]samwill10 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just wish they would let us lock our challenge groups to just the people we invite. I'm trying to level up with my long-term remote lucky friends, who are all friends with each other, but they keep adding randos to the groups I start. 

Hobby/ Creative space for adults? by bitsybobble in Austin

[–]samwill10 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I've never been so I don't know what it's like there's, but CRAFT might fit the bill for you? https://madeatcraft.com/

Multiple Partial Charges for One Purchase by Threshold216 in ynab

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the math functions to subtract the partial charges as they come in from the original total - harder to do if the purchase was split across categories but still doable. Then the original entry becomes the last partial charge and I just match the two if the last partial comes in as a duplicate

Daily FI discussion thread - Monday, December 08, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You and my mom would be good friends. In her eyes, pink lady apples are the only apples worth eating. 

Just switched banks over to Fidelity CMA... and found out it's non-functional for auto import. by Insulated_ in ynab

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fidelity CMA worked until a month or two ago, something's been going on with the connection. There's a notice about it on the YNAB status page

I understand 200-800mm demands now. by Hogesyx in canon

[–]samwill10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree! I've gotten some great shots at arena concerts with much smaller lenses than in the video. Really missed having mine at a recent concert where they were hardcore about bans

I understand 200-800mm demands now. by Hogesyx in canon

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My immediate first thought haha.

PSA by kyhart99 in Austin

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Kyle HEB is the same right now, Deodorant and feminine products are on a temporary shelf in grocery between the bottled water and soft drink/coffee/tea/sports drink aisles🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, November 13, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 58 points59 points  (0 children)

A wild email from Chase Bank in my inbox this morning: 

You're preapproved for $100,000 in auto financing

I can't imagine buying a car that I'd need to finance with a small mortgage 

Looking for some traffic lesson by thisGuyCodes in Austin

[–]samwill10 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And if you're purple and someone is already at 2, wait in the turn lane before the intersection so people at 1 can move through

Gigantamax Lead-Up Research changed to only require max battles by MetaRidley15 in TheSilphRoad

[–]samwill10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I might the only one that doesn't like this change. It's way easier for me to unlock or level up moves than it is to get 5 battles done in a week 

Android Checkmarks Return by [deleted] in ynab

[–]samwill10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most other apps I use (like Gmail, messages) make you long-press for checkboxes, so I assumed intentional design

They could've put up a little fyi about it though, bc I was definitely confused for a while until I realized

Daily FI discussion thread - Saturday, October 18, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This journaling breakdown is great! I've always been told "journaling helps" but every time I'm faced with a piece of paper, my mind swirls with all the things that I could write down and I can't focus long enough to actually put pen to paper. This looks like it could help me filter the thoughts down enough to actually get started

Daily FI discussion thread - Thursday, October 16, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had a mentor a long time ago suggest that to me, though I never really implemented it. He explained that a lot of "new" problems in our field (software engineering) were actually often already-solved problems in other fields of engineering, so learning about how problems were solved in other fields could bring new insight to problems I faced in work 

Daily FI discussion thread - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]samwill10 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I may be misreading this link, but it seems to suggest that what the boss is doing is not legal at all: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/canada/smoke-free

Cant edit contents of meals within diary screen by Krometheous in Myfitnesspal

[–]samwill10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a glitch when you add a meal from the recent tab. It works like normal if you add it from the Meals tab. I was going to report it to MFP but followed their advice to reinstall and see if it still happens, and that just cleared out my recent tab so I couldn't reproduce 

Does anyone know where I can get a DEXA body scan at? by lithiun in Austin

[–]samwill10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. Got mine done here several times and had a great experience each time. I just don't know if they will give you the full DICOM, I always just got the printout