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OMG! DON’T WORKOUT AND THEN EAT CAROLINA REAPER BEEF JERKY! OWWWWIEEEE! Each idea unto itself was good, the beer, the jerky, the curry. All together? OUCH! “Like menstrual cramps”.

Streaming and broadcasting, thinking… a comprehensible English podcast? A relaunch of the Language Vlog Podcast but intended for language learners. Do I have to do this? Or do I vibe code some website?

Ready to go? Seoul baby! Am I excited? Not really! Let’s hope this doesn’t fk up!

And an article on using Claude in China… everyone is using it and the government won’t stop them. Besides, KYC out of Cambodia?? HS!

Article: https://substack.com/home/post/p-196186465

-“On September 5, 2025, Anthropic further prohibited access from any entity more than 50% owned, directly or indirectly, by companies headquartered in unsupported regions like China, regardless of where that entity operates.”

-“The Worldcoin black market offered a documented precedent, with iris scans harvested from KYC merchants in Cambodia and Kenya, sold for under $30.”

-Italian airports are stealing MacBooks and credit cards… I seem to recall this happening in Manila, too.

-“A user selects Opus 4.7, but the proxy can silently route to Sonnet, Haiku, or, in the worst case, GLM or Qwen, and fraudulently relabel the output.”

-“Every request that passes through a proxy — full prompt, full response, tool calls, iterations — is sitting on the proxy operator’s server. For AI coding agents, those logs contain long reasoning chains, real engineering decisions, repository context, and human-verified correct outputs.”

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00:00 Reaper Jerky Regret

00:35 Visa Countdown Seoul Flight

02:40 Packing Light Travel Risks

04:44 Insurance And Gear Choices

07:51 Content Workflow Burnout

15:11 Comprehensible English Pivot

18:53 Vibe Coding Reality Check

22:56 Claude Code In China

25:39 KYC Evasion Black Market

27:55 Passport Forgery Markets

29:28 Airport Theft Anxiety

30:10 Travel Safety Mindset

31:27 Proxy Basics Explained

32:25 Token Spoofing Scam

33:53 Proxy Logs Are Gold

37:02 Cybersecurity Arms Race

37:59 Vibe Coding Confession

38:12 Carolina Reaper Regret

42:44 Waves Of Stomach Pain

46:55 Aftermath And Lessons

48:36 Wrap Up And Links