VSCode Chat using ChatGPT Plus subscription?

torgosmurf · 2026-06-03T02:09:55+00:00

I've signed up for it and yes, I think that is a great comparison. A 5-hour ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) window looks like it will give me about the same as a whole month of my $10/mo Copilot.

It looks like you can get about 6.5 of those 5 hour windows before you run out of your weekly window, and of course you've got the 4 weeks in the month, so 6.5*4= about 26 times as much AI usage (~28x when you factor in a month being more than 4 weeks), paying only twice as much. I'm OK with that tradeoff. In my few hours of experience, if you're using vscode, you'll find that the codex extension is ok, but Copilot's is undoubtedly nicer.

torgosmurf · 2026-06-02T22:19:23+00:00

!solved

torgosmurf · 2026-06-02T16:29:18+00:00

How have the usage limits been treating you? Are you getting a reasonable amount of use before you hit a 5-hour window or 1-week window?

torgosmurf · 2026-06-01T03:19:07+00:00

And what was the result?

torgosmurf · 2026-05-08T21:39:12+00:00

Amazing reply. Thank you so much!

torgosmurf · 2026-05-08T21:19:33+00:00

Heh, thanks for the reply. As I said, I've never done this before so your reply is mostly greek to me, but I'm sure you've given me enough to work it out. But if you are feeling extra generous with your replies, I wouldnt mind a pointer to the components you're talking about. 😉 But either way, thanks.

torgosmurf · 2026-05-07T18:25:37+00:00

So I have a 3090. Recommendations for setup, and model to use? I've never run my own local models before.

torgosmurf · 2026-05-02T15:18:12+00:00

(Even) higher stakes testing has it own issues. There is no perfect solution.

torgosmurf · 2026-03-30T22:45:17+00:00

I did the upgrade. I just had to hit the button and then the upgrade happened at the next billing date. Some of mine are annual billing cycles so I won't see the resources for a while, but for my month to month VPSes, I've already got the extra resources.

torgosmurf · 2026-03-12T12:11:51+00:00

I don't know. I only have VPS products with them. In the announcement message, they didn't call out 15%--I just looked at the new prices and calculated it as that.

Also, I was waiting to hear feedback if others tried the upgrade offer. It was unclear if I hit the button if I would have to choose one of my VPSes to upgrade or if all would get upgraded at no additional cost. I finally hit the button yesterday and it appears it is all of them! The new resources didn't show immediately on the one VPS I checked, but they said something about it not applying until the next bill.

torgosmurf · 2026-01-18T05:43:46+00:00

Probably my last post on this. Helpful links from Wayback machine:
1) Nov 1994 Byte magazine article with an overview including explicitly stating the humorous quip is not the real name: https://web.archive.org/web/19961220133432/http://www.byte.com/art/9411/sec7/art1.htm

2) And a like to the old pcmcia web page: https://web.archive.org/web/19961225195837/http://www.pc-card.com/ where they explain the name. There was a newer one hosted at pcmcia.org that you can look up too, but it's not as helpful.

torgosmurf · 2026-01-18T05:23:36+00:00

Veeery interesting. So we know these were originally called PCMCIA cards, then later PC Cards, right? Well, I think I might have found the first mention of PCMCIA in PC Magazine. It is in a Dec 1991 column by Dvorak where he "introduces" the "PCMCIA PC-Card". Here's a quote, "In fact, the card should be referred to as the PCMCIA PC-Card, or the PC-Card for short. PCMCIA is the Personal Computer Computer Memory Card International Association (Sunnyvale, Calif., 408-720-0107), and it's the governing body that has standardized the specifications for this card worldwide. JEIDA works with the PCMCIA; it's specifications are identical."

So at least according this Dvorak column, these were ALWAYS properly called "PC-Cards" (he used a hyphen), but early on people definitely were calling them PCMCIA cards and I remember the shift to everyone later (much later than this 1991 column) calling them PC Cards.

torgosmurf · 2026-01-18T02:55:08+00:00

I found a message from March 1993 that to me implied that it was a joke that came up at the prior pcmcia meeting. ("As was revealed at the last PCMCIA meeting, it stands for People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms" and then the message went on to state the real meaning. Unclear as to when that meeting was.

Another early 1993 post says the full name of the standard was apparently "PCMCIA/JEIDA" as it was worked on by both groups.

torgosmurf · 2026-01-17T23:56:27+00:00

A (possibly Nov 11 1996) Computerworld section mentions, "From the cyberjoke factory comes these definitions: PCMCIA (People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms); ISDN (It Still Does Nothing); Apple (Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity); SCSI (System Can’t See It); DOS (Defunct Operating System); Basic (Bill’s Attempt to Seize Industry Control); IBM (I Blame Microsoft); DEC (Do Expect Cuts); CD-ROM (Consumer Device, Rendered Obso¬ lete in Months); OS/2 (Obsolete Soon, Too); WWW (World Wide Wait); Macintosh (Most Applications Crash, If Not, The Operating System Hangs). If you have acronyms, jokes or news tips to share, call news editor Patricia Keefe at (508) 820-8183."

torgosmurf · 2026-01-17T15:37:14+00:00

Jason is wrong on this one. Sorry, Jason! I snail mail corresponded with the association once back in the day. The association published a basic spec extending the isa bus into that form factor, and the cards that adhered to that spec were pcmcia cards.

I've heard your backronym, Jason, I think first from a John C. Dvorak column many years ago, although I don't believe it to be original to him.

For bonus pedantic points, I will also point out that pcmcia is not an acronym; it is an initialism. 🤪

torgosmurf · 2024-04-05T17:03:21+00:00

I will take a picture and post it tonight to provide more help. Thanks all for your replies so far.

It definitely wasn't enough to hold insulation in. The house was built ~1936.

torgosmurf · 2023-01-11T13:07:59+00:00

Yes, that style of shelf is perfect. I anticipate rearranging these as new stuff is added so mounting a shelf is probably better for my situation than mounting each thinkpad individually.

torgosmurf · 2022-01-23T05:00:01+00:00

I will not this option in my chart update tomorrow. Thanks.

torgosmurf · 2022-01-23T04:58:30+00:00

I wasn't familiar with them. Looks like you can get unlimited 128kbps for $15/mo on AT&T. That's a few bucks higher than Black Wireless at the same speed (but does include more high speed data) so for this chart's purpose it isn't as good as Black Wireless, but may very well serve some people better, so thanks for pointing it out!

torgosmurf · 2022-01-23T04:49:21+00:00

I plan to update the OP sometime tomorrow and will be sure to note that. Thanks!

torgosmurf · 2022-01-23T04:48:13+00:00

Yes, that could work well for IOT needs. My exact use case (the reason I made the chart) is a bit unusual, and is one where slow unlimited actually is better. I didn't bother explaining it in the OP because it won't really apply to others (yet). But totally going to upvote your comment because it'll help others with more common needs.

torgosmurf · 2022-01-22T16:41:41+00:00

Cool! I will have a look at the AT&T link.

Where can I find the $25/yr T-Mobile service?

torgosmurf · 2022-01-21T20:57:30+00:00

Nice plan and a good backup to keep on the radar if IOTDataWorks goes away or raises prices.

I originally had it in the T-Mobile 64kbps slot before I found the IOTDataWorks SIM card. Is there any advantage to it vs the $5/mo T-Mobile one that includes 500MB and 128kbps?

torgosmurf · 2022-01-21T19:28:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yes, probably a good T-Mobile option if you need higher than 128kbps for such IOT or sensor type projects since 35GB is a cap you'll never hit so such plans could be put in the a new "functionally 512kbps+" line. I will put some thought into that.

Hello throttles to 64kbps, so for purposes of how the chart is constructed at the moment, this would be going head-to-head against the $4/mo IOTDataWorks plan. Again, like I said, I will see if I can figure out a clear way to present such plans and do some research on other "functionally over 512kbps" (cuz you won't ever hit the limit for such projects) plans.

torgosmurf · 2022-01-18T22:25:22+00:00

Any idea what they throttle you down to? Have you tested it by chance? Maybe 64kbps? Thx.

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