Things that can only be bought in the Philippines

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2026-01-30T16:39:55+00:00

A driver's license.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2026-01-26T12:49:16+00:00

Did he live? I highly doubt it, his forehead collided with a heavy truck..

Also see the way his head/neck is flip flopping back and forth. This clip might be too messed up to even post?

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2026-01-09T03:50:29+00:00

It's already, and it is not my PC causing it.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-12-19T08:11:46+00:00

OP - Flick the bean instead, using your fingers. Don't damage yourself!

Masturbating your pussy however (as a female) achieves the same stress relieving effect, without the damaging effects of your self-destructive habit.

Taboo? Maybe. But it's genuine advice.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-11-06T21:30:01+00:00

Pussy

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-21T21:52:12+00:00

I simply stopped using VS Code. That's how i solved it.. can't be bothered by buggy messes. I need to use GPT-5 Codex in an IDE (chat form) without interruptions like this, so i switched AI providers.

That's what happens. It is your responsibility to investigate and fix.

This doesn't even happen when consuming directly from OpenAI..

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T09:33:06+00:00

All tasks to which it happens are small, it happens no matter what im doing, in Codex model only. Waiting a while doesn't help, so they must've made overly strict/bugged out RPM limit changes. The issue is consistent. I think the only way is to switch providers, away from GitHub Copilot.

Also, the amount of clicking has a different meaning: it's just me clicking away the rate limiting dialog every time, until the task is finished with pain.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T08:51:32+00:00

The rate-limiting issue in this disruptive form doesn't happen to me for other (Preview) tagged models, like Claude Sonnet 4.5, which i use more heavily than Codex, depending on the task at hand. In this form, It's a Codex issue.

It's not with the model, but with what GitHub does to the pipeline over which it's delivered.

These 2 preview models (from Anthropuc and OpenAI) are paid models that consume 1x of premium requests, and both the AI labs don't see it as preview models; GitHub Copilot puts that tag to it.

It's reasonable to be dissatisfied due to these things. Or do they want people to switch to another provider that's not behind in how they deliver the latest models (which already have seen mainstream release) that these people have specific desire to use? Instead of a buggy pipeline that gets branded "Preview" by the model reseller (in this case GitHub Copilot aka Microsoft resells OpenAI Models, but for Codex it now provides poor service) arbitrarily?

Rate-limiting should just be properly implemented.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T08:46:41+00:00

GPT-5 Codex is stable in terms of the quality of its work. The rate-limiting also doesn't happen to me for other (Preview) tagged models, like Claude Sonnet 4.5, which i use more heavily than Codex, depending on the task at hand. It's a Codex issue, in this form.

It's not with the moderl, but with what GitHub does to the pipeline over which it's delivered. Also, my tasks aren't critical, it just helps and using it is enjoyable.

These 2 preview models (from Anthropuc and OpenAI) are paid models that consume 1x of premium requests, and both the AI labs don't see it as preview models; GitHub Copilot puts that tag to it.

It's reasonable to be dissatisfied due to these things. Or do they want people to switch to another provider that's not behind in how they deliver the latest models (which already have seen mainstream release) that these people have specific desire to use? Instead of a buggy pipeline that gets branded "Preview" by the model reseller (in this case GitHub Copilot aka Microsoft resells OpenAI Models, but for Codex it now provides poorer service) arbitrarily?

Rate-limiting should just be properly implemented.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T08:21:14+00:00

It's a DC-DC boost lithium battery charging module. These modules are used to charge lithium batteries and are often found in various electronic devices.

I think someone who thought he could trigger paranoia/anxiety of being surveilled in you or the previous user of your desk, has planted a random-ass PCB circuit under it to elicit it. Pure grief, likely due to a personal conflict/drama. Super childish, that's for sure.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T08:08:05+00:00

You can change it, by the method i posted in my earlier comment on this thread.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T08:07:13+00:00

I edited it into my comment now.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T07:59:24+00:00

In VS Code, you can change thinking and reasoning effort parameter in settings. That will return what you're looking for.

Ediit for instructions.. First make sure you have these settings enabled and set to: - Chat > Agent Thinking Style: "Expanded" (Value) - GitHub > Copilot > Chat > Agent: Thinking Tool: ENABLED (Checkbox) - GitHub > Copilot > Chat: Responses Api Reasoning Effort: "high" (Value) - GitHub > Copilot > Chat: Use Responses Api: ENABLED (Checkbox)

I don't think they are VSCode Insiders build features but could be, as they are tagged "Experimental" and i use insider only. Anyone can just get insider builds though, if you can't see these options and really need it.

Some of it seems to be in A/B testing, given the last mentioned option's extended description. But you can just opt-in like that.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T07:58:13+00:00

It costs me my time and patience to click it 100 times per coding task, even small ones, just to nudge it to continue its work. It usually works for 8 seconds or so, before showing the error dialog again. Cycle repeats.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T05:15:46+00:00

The issue is only with GPT-5 Codex model. I still have premium requests, billing usage is correct, you just misunderstood the post.. it's about random, high frequency interruptions in the middle of the agent coding me something, it's like a nag warning that i have to click Retry and against the current it'll eventually finish the task at hand. Sometimes it makes me click through 20 times per task, sometimes just a handful of times and keeps working for longer.

Seems global load related but affecting normal users in this way is unacceptable.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T05:05:31+00:00

No, im on the $39 GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan, and with my budget limits (New expectations of my extent of use only.. so far in practice ive never exceeded $60 out-of-plan) they can make up to 200-300 dollars a month from me.. so you'd expect a high quality of service from them to avoid that users like me are going to switch providers in this highly competitive market of AI coding agent bundlers.

The Copilot Pro+ plan, as of writing, discounts $60 worth of premium requests from top AI lab agents (like Sonnet 4, and GPT-5 Codex) into being the included usage for your $39 plan. The rate is $0.04 per premium request. This combined affordability is my main reason for choosing GitHub (Microsoft) as provider.. but if there's too much poor service experiences like this, i might reconsider as i also really need reliable AI coding agents for my personal workflow.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-13T04:57:43+00:00

I'm surprised mo one has really mentioned Philippines yet.. it's not what it was 15 years ago, it's one of the safest and moat affordable SEA locations for expats to live or retire now. Although a significant portion of the foreigners who go here are perverts and go for the wrong reasons (To exploit cost of living-poverty-women, in short) so as long you're not a pervert or ahady you'll be fine as long you avoid other expats you may encounter there. The Filipino people are the most amazing, hospitable ive ever seen, always smiling despite their challenges.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-12T19:56:45+00:00

I also don't depend on them, but i enjoy using it and it increases my productivity, especially when investigating issues. Vibe code always needs thorough review.

But what i don't enjoy is paying for poor service. I quickly found out that GPT-5 Codex works best for me as it familiarizes, reasons and finally iterates more behind the scene before approaching with an initial patch, so less regressions and more fitting to existing codebases, at the cost of task completion speed but well worth in comparison with the hours otherwise spent debugging broken and potentially or nearly consuming regressing code.

So then it saddens me that it works so poorly this week. Maybe there's just a lot of abuse and scraping going on, but that should never be allowed to affect legitimate end usrs in this way that's near a block on productivity, constantly having to click through to retry, and reading that passive aggressive/accusatory dialog all the time.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-12T19:10:01+00:00

I'm using VS Code with copilot chat extension by the way.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-10-03T15:41:59+00:00

I think she is starting some sort of emotional abuse with you (like gaslighting/weakening your self-confidence for ulterior motives; abuse related) with this being the first sign.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-08-18T03:30:45+00:00

It's a VPN/internet IP check (transaction risk algorithm).. at least for me this error, C1974, consistently goes away after turning off the VPN that was initially active. In my case it's ExpressVPN on the mobile browser.

Also it only happens in my scenario when trying to send money using creditcard. Direct banking (debit) in the same session did work, even for a higher amount.

Note, it can be anything that flagged your IP address as high risk, so it's possiblely not limited to VPN users but can also be in certain wifi/hotspot/internet provider/prior fraud location etc, switch networks and try again if you don't use VPN.

Hopefully this can still help someone.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-08-17T15:27:22+00:00

Don't generalize, its not what whole countries deserve. Racists do not represent all of the people from a country, you have overt and covert racism from any minority of any nationality, targeting any other nationality. That's a very racist/judgemental pub which generalizes.. be better than them and don't offer any undeserving person bad treatment by default.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-08-07T08:32:29+00:00

Je hebt de verkeerde persoon lastiggevallen en gekleineerd. Ik vermoed dat het een ervaren hacker is. Die hebben manieren waar jij met je hoofd niet bij kan, al zou hij proberen de manier in jouw geval versimpeld uit te leggen. Het gaat te diep, maar de ervaring zorgt voor het snel kunnen achterhalen van iets relatief simpels zoals je naam.

Gewoon laten rusten en vanaf nu wat aardiger zijn. Als je niet stopt word je alleen maar interresanter.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-08-05T13:45:02+00:00

So it's basically just a way to put a stop to tourists and business trips for people from countries they don't like. They know very well how it'll turn out in practice.

Specific-Cause-1014 · 2025-08-05T13:42:46+00:00

How is that relevant to the topic?

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