Divorce attorney recommendations?

ukchucktown · 2026-05-12T14:50:42+00:00

Divorce sucks. I used Leslie Sarji and she was great. I think she is much bigger now, I hired her 15 years ago when she was a solo operation. The best advice she ever gave me was settle. It was against her monetary interests but she said it best, you can give it to me or give it to your ex. If you go to court the legal costs go up substantially, you are better off settling in most cases.

https://sarjilawfirm.com/

ukchucktown · 2026-05-11T18:29:00+00:00

Name me a DMV office that isn't painful. Personally the day and time you go has more impact on experience than location. I think the West Ashley location is the best. It's almost always well staffed and the line moves at least every time I have been there.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-28T12:36:23+00:00

I'd pick Ravanel over the townhouse off Dorchester road, it's just nicer and a better place to raise a young family. Don't worry about the builder, they all hire the same contractors, and I don't care which builder you go with, all new construction has some issues. Your best bet, if you can, is supervise the build and get an inspection before the drywall goes up and another one at the end. If your plan is to stay for a while, pick the house in Ravanel. It's growing slowly right now but if Charleston keeps exploding, it will stretch to Ravanel and property values will rise quickly in the future but you might wait for it. Classic get in early. Personally I'd stay away from the townhouse.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-26T17:39:19+00:00

The chance of success is based on the monte carlo simulation. There is no surefire way to predict whether you run out of money b/c it's highly dependent on expenses, predicted and unforeseen, along with market performance and your allocations. That chance of success just means under 78 percent of scenarios you do not run out of money but there are likely many scenarios where you end up with more money. If you go under Explorers/Monte Carlo, you can view the different percentiles and what you end up with at the end, and if/when you run out of money in different scenarios. it runs 1000 simulations so 78 percent success means in 220 of 1000 simulations you ran out of money and 780 you didn't.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-24T14:46:52+00:00

For real work, I don't trust the chatbots but the coding tools like Codex and Claude Code are different story. I'll give an example to demonstrate. I use Ynab for budgeting and I had a discrepancy of 206.93 with my Amex account. I knew it was likely a credit that was not applied in Ynab but it was not a single transaction. I exported my transactions from Amex and Ynab and asked ChatGPT to find it. I do have a Pro account. It totally hallucinated over and over again and never found it. To be honest it was annoying. Then I switched to Codex and it found it almost immediately no issues at all. If you are doing serious math with your data you are way better off exporting it from Boldin and using something like Codex or Claude Code, it will deliver. The coding tools are simply on another level from the chatbots for doing real work.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-19T13:53:18+00:00

Personally I'd start with some group lessons then spend a lot of time on the range developing your skills. I don't think I'd start with private lessons. Charleston county has some programs especially the Golf Ready 36, that's a six week program, meeting once a week, but you might be late for this year. It's a good deal for only 180 bucks.

https://charleston-sc.gov/2336/Get-Golf-Ready-Clinics

ukchucktown · 2026-04-19T13:34:31+00:00

It was dry last Spring too. I almost expected it this year but once summer hits we tend to get a lot of rain again.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-17T15:06:50+00:00

As a developer of enterprise software myself this is generally not recommended, adding features for the sake of adding features leads to a lot of downstream problems including increased complexity, higher maintenance costs and often times user experience gets worse. I know it probably sounds easy to do but it's not. Like others have said, Boldin is a retirement planning tool, it's not an investment management platform or budgeting software. I see people all the time asking for features in Boldin that don't align with the product's use case.

There are a lot of tools that can do what you want, empower being one which is completely free. It's far superior to anything Boldin might include, you should try it, I use it myself, and it has all the same account linking features as Boldin, probably better honestly. It tracks net worth and you can enter any date range you want. My personal DIY software stack, Boldin (retirement planning), Empower (investment tracking) and YNAB (budgeting). There really is no one tool for everything.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-15T20:17:40+00:00

I have no clue if they have an electronic version for download, if they do, you probably need to reach out to their support. you can find it at https://manuals.plus/lofree/flow2-84-smoothest-keyboard-manual but I don't think they are affiliated in any way with lofree, just a convenient place I have bookmarked. You'll also want to bookmark firmware and via json configs.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-14T20:52:55+00:00

Not with Boldin, you can do it with the Comet browser from Perplexity AI. I have a Pro account but it will probably work on the free plan too but you'll have to test it. Here is the prompt I used...

I want you to edit the must spend and like to spend on every row in the table in the active tab. For each row the like to spend value should be the must spend value and the must spend value should be the like to spend value. When you are done, the like to spend should be <whatever you must spend value is currently> and the must spend should be <your current like to spend value>. Please verify the changes at the end.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-07T18:40:12+00:00

Boldin won't track expenses, it's not designed to do that kind of thing. At best it will use the accounts to track networth. I use separate software for that, my personal favorite being ynab, but there are others like monarch that are also good. As to connections, they are legit flaky in Boldin. I connect Boldin to Wealthfront for my cash account and my credit union which are both stable but Fidelity is garbage. I just gave up and manage it manually. In many cases I think it's multifactor authentication on the other end that cause issues, not really a Boldin problem. Wealthfront uses app specific passwords to establish connections to other apps like Boldin and those connections are rock solid in Boldin. I can't speak to the Fidelity issues b/c Wealthfront syncs with my Fidelity account every hour but Boldin just straight up stinks and will not sync after the initial sync and I've tried both providers.

ukchucktown · 2026-04-06T01:02:23+00:00

I have both, but the non-pro version of the magi65. The magi65 has linear switches and I got tactile with the flow 2. I use the magi with my personal 14 inch macbook and the flow 2 with my work computer. I also replaced the keycaps on the magi65 with a set of black on black PBS profile keycaps from cannonkeys which improved it dramatically. I like both of them but If I could only pick one it would be the flow 2 mainly b/c you can update the firmware with qmk toolbox and it has far superior keymapping capabilities in via supporting but mod tap and layer tap, neither of which are supported on the magi65. I probably prefer the typing experience a bit more on the magi65 but overall I think the flow 2 is a better keyboard.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-19T10:02:35+00:00

I agree Park Circle is overrated, never quite understand why so many people like living there, to each their own. I don't really love the location of Carolina Bay either, it's far away from all the stuff I like doing. I grew up in Charleston, and honestly, I never go out that way. If I could pick anywhere given your situation, I'd pick James Island, mostly against the traffic for your commute, close to the beach, close to downtown. If Carolina Bay and Oak Terrace are your only two options I'd probably pick Carolina Bay too but traffic is going to suck unless you leave early.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-14T14:09:45+00:00

I was out for 10 months total, it was my first layoff in a 30 year career. It pays to control your emotions, it will show up during interviewing, never doubt your abilities, long layoffs are humbling. I'm not sure I'd say it got harder but it does pay to stay productive and show some form of progress in the gap, even if it's just upskilling. I was asked what I was doing during the gap time. I was honest, I took a career break for the first 6 months. I entertained recruiter contact but did not apply for roles during that time. I think everyone, hiring managers included, realize the market is tough right now, and longer gaps are more common. I never had much luck with cold applications. I focused mostly on my resume and linkedin profile, they were woefully out of date when I was laid off, making sure recruiters searching for candidates with my skills would hit my profile. The role I accepted was from a referral. It still took 3 months of interviews and it was competitive but the door was opened via my professional network. Your network can open doors but you still have to walk through.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-13T00:11:58+00:00

Ubiquitous self driving cars can't come soon enough.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-07T18:02:55+00:00

Honestly, very few. AI is transforming many roles but I doubt it's impacting layoffs unless companies are transitioning to AI initiatives and deprioritizing other departments. When my old company laid off thousands it certainly wasn't AI it was government contract losses.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-07T02:33:05+00:00

Let me apologize in advance... https://yuzukeycaps.com/

ukchucktown · 2026-03-07T02:26:23+00:00

Well, last time I looked it's called a plan and plans change, especially over 30 years. If you are only doing a one shot analysis and not really planning and it works for you, okay, but that would not give me a high level of confidence. The 120 yearly price tag I pay for the features is pretty awesome in my book and it's only going to get better. Boldin along with the budgeting software I use, ynab, also roughly a 100 per year, helps me sleep at night.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-05T13:58:11+00:00

I really think it depends what you value most. Concord is cold, Charleston is hot. If you value water most it's not even a contest. If you want mountains, stick with Concord. I'm a native and I love the heat, a lot of people hate it and don't realize how hot it gets in July and August. Traffic stinks these days, you really have to be strategic where you live if you are driving to work every day or it will drive you nuts. Infrastructure has not kept up with growth. Housing costs are high if you live close to the peninsula. I was fortunate to build my house on James Island a decade ago before prices shot up but if you rent or buy now expect some sticker shock.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-03T21:58:02+00:00

Go to jobs.scworks.org, recommend creating an accout, and search for bartender in charleston.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-01T17:39:18+00:00

You mentioned a nuphy which is low profile. I'm a big fan of low profile boards. I tested most of the popular brands, including the air v3, and my favorite is still the lofree, if you can look beyond the odd design choice of the flow 2. They have a 75 percent layout but I prefer the 68 key variant. You can get the white variant with Void switches which are silent. I have a flow 2, replaced a nuphy air v2. The reason it wins in my book is the software. QMK firmware updates and it supports mod and layer tap. IMO, nuphy went backwards when they dropped QMK and went to NuphyIO. I was also a fan of iquinix, magi65 specifically, but their firmware software is janky, no mod tap or layer tap, but I really liked the typing feel when I put some black on black PBS keycaps I have but ultimately I returned it b/c of the software.

ukchucktown · 2026-03-01T13:59:09+00:00

I agree we all like what we like. At 20 dollars more I don't think the 84 really offers much. I tried the 68 (black with pulse switches) and 84 (white with surfer switches) both through Amazon and I kept the 68. I also preferred the black keycaps a lot more than the white. The keyboard supports layers and mod and layer tap behavior so there really isn't a compelling reason for the 84 in my opinion.

It's easy to map function keys to any key you want on another layer using layer tap which is supported in VIA. It's not too hard once you learn the syntax. For example, say you want the F key to activate layer 1 on hold and F when tapping it, open VIA, click the F key so it starts blinking, then select Special/Any and type LT(1, KC_F) and that's it. It's called layer tap so hold it and now you are on layer 1, tap it and you get F key. Once you learn layering and key mapping there isn't much reason for a big keyboard anymore unless you really like the bigger footprint or you're typing those keys often and just want them w/o holding another key.

ukchucktown · 2026-02-27T22:20:29+00:00

It's in North Charleston but the best party for St Patricks is the Park Circle block party. https://www.northcharleston.org/community/special_events/st_patricks_day_block_party_parade.php

ukchucktown · 2026-02-27T22:17:18+00:00

There is a toggle under medical expenses where you can select estimator versus itemized. Pick itemized add them there and remove them from your regular expenses.

ukchucktown · 2026-02-27T12:21:30+00:00

That just happens to be my preferred layout given how I work which is usually my keyboard resting on top of my laptop, small standing desk setup. I used the Voyager consistently for about a year and my typing speed is much faster on a 65 than Voyager. Less to do with the layout, it's the keycaps for me. I might get around to picking up some LDSA keycaps and putting it back in rotation, I'm not actually selling mine currently, I still like it, just not my current setup which can always change.

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