You can make a persistent install on a thumb drive actually. Has been possible for about a decade I think. There’s even a program now called Ventoy that lets you make multiple persistent installs of different Linux distros on a single thumb drive even.

Try BazziteOS

It’s meant for gaming, but I find it’s so feature complete that’s it’s great for non-gaming purposes.

Somehow it even works better on my monitor than Windows, since I can actually control my brightness from an applet rather than having to use my monitor buttons.

Neither was that YouTube video 🤷🏻‍♂️

I fully understand. But just do consider that once it begins a threat to your existence, it might be too late, based off past history in other places at least. Consider that EU countries are preparing for a potential Trump presidency too, and Finland and others will no longer accept entry with just a passport, even for vacation, starting next year. That’s why I’m determined to help as many as I can move now while there’s still time.

If you do want to look into jobs here in Finland at least I’d be glad to help.

Could you go into more details? I have friends from the Philippines (like, directly from there, never were US citizens) and they still even visit family every year.

I’m not denying there’s racism here - there is, especially against Muslims (possibly more their religion and culture than the race itself, since it’s viewed very misogynistic and against Finnish values) and Somalians (this one is just racism based off ignorance). Recently against Russians too for, well, obvious reasons.

But none of my Philippine friends have experienced racism, especially the ones with Hispanic names (there’s Hispanic favoritism here).

Of course, racism isn’t why I recommend moving out of the USA to anywhere in the EU - it’s the civil unrest, unjust work practices, broken healthcare, rolling back of women’s and LGBTQ rights, corruption in government, etc.

Are you sure it wasn’t missing paperwork or errors? I’m assuming your wife doesn’t have a US passport for example since you said all paperwork was from the Philippines, and my high school friend’s grandmother mentioned Philippine record keeping, much like Salvadorian one, leaves much to be desired. Especially after Duterte’s reign making things worse and not complying with other global governments, if this was 2016-2022.

It is in the Nordics and some western Europe countries if you get some kind of green certification, as eco friendly and energy efficient architecture is in high demand to meet climate goals but there’s a lack of architects specializing in that. Though from the news here it seems there’s a lack of architects in general as it was seen by many as not the most profitable field for so many years, so ironically you kinda lucked out lol

Well, according to Dr. Stone, you probably can

Yes, Windows 11 N or using a Rufus modified version.

Mine doesn’t have a Microsoft account.

If anyone needs help moving to the EU (and in particular Finland) let me know. I moved to Finland after 2016 (I saw the writing on the wall for awhile, before Trump - it’s just that’s when I finally had the best opportunity and Trump accelerated the need to move).

It takes less money to move than you might think to move. If you have a specialty (especially in STEM) it’s really easy, and most jobs will even provide language classes for free.

If you don’t, it’s still possible, but it’ll be much harder work I’ll admit. You may end up as a janitor or laborer, but know this - you’ll still be able to live comfortably. Wages can be much fairer here, public transportation is excellent to the point where you don’t need a car at all, and you won’t be bankrupted by healthcare. Even a low skilled SINGLE job will afford you financial security - something I remember was not the case in the USA.

And on the bright side, if you want to go to higher education here, university is a lot cheaper or, if you live long enough in a place to become a permanent resident or citizen, free.

If you get yourself at least 8k and 3 months of intensive Duolingo and maybe Mondly, you have a chance to move.

Why wait? Did the math, and depending where you go and what state you currently live in, you might even pay less in taxes (or even about the same if you go somewhere high tax like Finland and are coming from a lower tax state like Wisconsin - only 2.3% difference) while also not having to pay in healthcare. Public transportation is so excellent here a car is literally just a luxury, so if you can even consider transportation savings.

Really the only hurdle is language, but practice everyday really hard and you can get the gist of it. Most international companies here use English as primary working language anyhow.

I mean, you can do it quietly too. Spying and sabotage are also really useful.

Depends on you country, but the right wing one are usually not the ones that are so pro-regulation.

What I’m describing is Kidney failure and dialysis - well, part of it, it’s even worse than that - he things the doctors and researchers that were involved in doing this transplant are trying to cure.

The thing you say we should allow humans to go through in the name of holding ourselves to a “higher standard”.

It’s easier to hold a higher standard when you have all your needs met.

Less so when you’re poked with giant needles 3 times a week while also having to be careful to not drown because you drank a tad too much water.

Yeah, and like most of Europe, that German population lives in cities, not random forests and mountains in the middle of nowhere where you could also do underground storage like Finland has done.

Not to mention Germany has more land.

Weird how y’all haven’t figured it out yet considering Finland has and Germany has had nuclear power plants for longer.

But I suspect it’s more of a lack of wanting to do what’s needed for storage because ‘politics’ and boomers than it is because it’s not possible.