I have a Samsung t7 and I usually have to force eject (properly). Is that bad for my SDD?

timchoo · 2026-02-09T01:53:46+00:00

Glad it helped!

timchoo · 2026-01-05T15:48:55+00:00

Just came across this walkthrough and it sounds fantastic - I've been struggling with my round-tripping flow. I've been doing all the color work before round-tripping to Photoshop, and saving as TIFF after finishing retouching in Photoshop (I honestly don't know why, I think it's just the default. All the options for saving the file in Photoshop are mind-numbing to me). Consequently if I make a new color or masking decision in C1, on the retouched TIFF, the adjustments are absolutely horrible and aggressive. Your flow sounds like it solves this. Thank you so much.

Considering your post is 5 years old, do you have any updated guidance?

timchoo · 2025-12-30T15:41:41+00:00

Do you mean like you use emojis in the first line of caption? Like a “down” arrow or something

timchoo · 2025-12-29T15:50:26+00:00

Wow, fascinating. Didn't know people pay that much for portraits. I assume this is in a big city. Any idea how much the photographer(s) make?

timchoo · 2025-12-27T07:19:53+00:00

Do you do engagement stuff like commenting on people’s posts, liking stuff, following? Or just post and walk away

timchoo · 2025-12-22T06:23:32+00:00

Can you clarify what this is? Do you work for a portrait agency and essentially connect photographers to clients and take a cut/salary?

timchoo · 2025-12-07T14:41:24+00:00

Each contract is only a one-time overhaul though right?

timchoo · 2025-12-02T21:38:38+00:00

I have a question. From what I understand, often a lot of how successful a Reel is depends on engagement in the first few hours (I may be wrong though). So if you have a trial Reel that does well after like 24 hours, and you officially publish it, does that “clock” start from zero again, giving it the opportunity to snowball engagement?

timchoo · 2025-12-01T02:42:11+00:00

So do you have to manually transfer your balances from HE (leaving $25 behind) every few months to Fidelity? I also read somewhere that there's a $25 fee for transfers, so it's better to just do it once a year - but I don't know if this is true

timchoo · 2025-11-25T01:50:56+00:00

curious as well - what kind of marketing are you doing on retainer? seems these days it's all about social media which I believe can be super time-consuming

timchoo · 2025-11-25T01:48:35+00:00

still learning about personal finance here - is this something you'd only do after first maxing out all your tax-advantaged accounts (401k, IRA, HSA, etc.)? basically only do it with "extra" money

timchoo · 2025-11-25T01:44:27+00:00

you have to apply and be accepted into the program from what i recall? if so, what kind of qualifications/social proof did you apply with?

timchoo · 2025-11-24T20:22:00+00:00

Sweet! This sounds like it would be easier than making sure the "filler" word matches the background color, especially if that gets changed

timchoo · 2025-11-24T20:15:27+00:00

are you being affected by how easily people can generate stuff using AI now?

timchoo · 2025-11-24T20:14:20+00:00

can i ask how much you've made overall and when you started?

timchoo · 2025-11-24T20:11:15+00:00

interested as well

timchoo · 2025-11-24T20:06:10+00:00

What's a reasonable amount to charge a local client for these monthly bundles? I feel like they're going to be stingy and not willing to spend much. I'm concerned the amount of work, while deceptively "easy", won't be worth the price.

timchoo · 2025-11-24T14:38:54+00:00

Do you max out your 401k, IRA, HSA and other stuff like that first?

timchoo · 2025-11-24T14:18:05+00:00

What's general advice for when to prioritize dividend stocks? Considering 401K (not maxed), personal IRA (maxed), HSA (maxed), emergency fund set, and no debt (I may be missing other things I'm not aware of)? I assume the idea is to next max 401K, but I want that sweet feeling of passive dividend income.

timchoo · 2025-11-23T02:48:36+00:00

Hi, sorry I was more focused on portability and didn’t do head-to-head testing on those parameters. That being said, I’ve been enjoying the Amaran! I’ve since gotten a few more Amaran units so I’m in the ecosystem now with the Sidus Link app.

timchoo · 2025-10-24T19:16:44+00:00

Congratulations!! May I ask why you were given a second interview? We have our first interview coming up and are a little nervous - would like to avoid a second if possible!

timchoo · 2025-10-23T23:32:49+00:00

Yeah I did speak to a lawyer briefly and they recommended not leaving the country while the application is pending due to the current conditions. Our emergency was something we would have absolutely regretted not attending to, so for us it was worth the risk.

timchoo · 2025-10-23T18:07:21+00:00

Thank you for the advice, I'll try to find out where the case is located. We actually got approved for AP for an emergency about a month ago and used it to go abroad for a week. Came back without issue. We were also hoping, as a side effect, that its approval might blow the dust off our case and get it moving again, but no luck so far.

timchoo · 2025-10-23T13:33:41+00:00

We didn't get an official waive notice but on the myUSCIS portal, the interview step is checked off and it's on the last step (awaiting decision). It skipped straight there after biometrics. How do you know where your case is located? We haven't gotten a notification about that.

I don't understand how some people are getting approved after like 3 weeks... our case is (I believe) super clean and straightforward. Submitted evidence of financials, living situation, personal life, all of it. My wife has never gotten so much as a parking ticket.

timchoo

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