[–] 1 point 13 hours ago

Pixel 8a. Dahil lang naman sa GOS kaya gumamit ako ng pixel. May backup phone Poco X4 GT ako which I use mainly for gaming. Ig ill wait para sa later model ng Motorola na may GOS kase sabi ng leaks around 1.5k usd daw ung model nila na compatible sa GOS. No plans as of the moment to upgrade kase both my phones is enough para sa needs ko. Maybe in half a decade na.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Can confirm na gumagana ung Landbank, Metrobank, Maribank, Gcash at Maya sa GOS. Although gamit ko ung workaround para sa Metrobank, that is ung Huawei Appgallery version ininstall. Kailangan kasi ng Play Integrity ung play store na version.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    Not reading the article yet, but is it possible that this will be spun up as a defense on impeachment? I know people burn buildings to remove records, but what about online files being deleted/altered?

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  • What are actual proposed solutions other the public transportation systems here? I know a lot of foreigners do not take the jeepney due to the abiguity of their routes. I used to take the lrt and mrt a lot. But looking back on it, there are really long waits between trains, I wonder why they have not added more trains to each line.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 child)

    What about replacing the jeepney situation with more modern busses like the ones in Korea and Japan?

    Those buses are still too large.

    There are already microbuses here (but they don't deserve being called "jeepneys"), however not all of them are able to access narrower streets or drive through rougher roads or ford streams in remote mountain valleys. That they are very expensive as brand new versus jeepneys, which are often bought and sold or traded even 20 or 30 years old and can still be serviced with existing parts.

    That why with the driver behavior resembles so much like fishermen trying to catch fish, it's literally every man for himself.

    Having been on the street for years, and having seen the transport systems of, say, Indonesia and Vietnam and Thailand where there way more motorcycles than here, until there is proper public transport, we lower-class Filipinos have to put up with the chaos of not only individualized and fragmented transport systems but also the continuing demand for private transport whereupon well-to-do Filipinos shy away from mass transit but also the prestige of having their own car, and thus causing greater congestion issues than it was 40 years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    What about replacing the jeepney situation with more modern busses like the ones in Korea and Japan?

    One thing I often see is Jeepneys just stopped in the road waiting to get enough passengers before they continue on their route. I see this causing a lot of traffic. I think privately owned Jeepneys are causing a lot of problems.

    Would it be better if it was a modern bus system run by the government? Maybe the Jeepney drivers could be guarenteed a job as a driver and paid a minimum that would cover at least what they earn driving the Jeepney.

    To be clear, I am just sharing what I see as a foreigner and hoping to learn more about the situation.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (3 children)

    I do not fully understand the Jeepney driver situation

    Trying to get rid of jeepneys will be impossible if you attempt to recommend solutions that would be either too costly or complex for the average jeepney driver to work on, as in some cases being a driver is their sole source of income. They are willing to trade in something if it can be afforded or even given out for free, such as replacement Euro-4 compliant engine blocks or hybrid systems.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    I wonder if some of these are real artists rather than AI-generated fakes, and as far as I know Spotify purged thousands of accounts with AI-generated content, possibly including a syndicate using AI to create fake singers and whole songs mainly for an American audience in order to farm for advertising revenue.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    That’s a great question.

    I’m a foreigner here, but I’m a permanent resident and have been living here for close to 10 years.

    I say that as a disclaimer that I know I do not fully understand the Jeepney driver situation, but from my perspective, they are bad for the environment and should be modernized or held to a certain standard in terms of emissions and functionality.

    Too often do I see tons of black and white smoke pouring out of them. I know it’s not really in the budget of the drivers to solve this, but everything else breathing this air is affected.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    Assuming this article is confirmed (sources said to be ultimately traced back to TMZ), not only is the failure of the current system, this only shows government incapacity to provide basic needs to its citizens, as it's an open secret, that theft of public funds is a thing among politicians, bureaucrats and private subcontractors, as the flood control project scam revealed this dark side.

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