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@docligot

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Technologist, Social Impact, Data Ethics, AI Founder @ethicsPH , @cirrolytix , @aedes_ai Board @PCIJdotOrg

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8 months
We do not control the data nor are we lost in it. We are the data.
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8 months
Data should be in the constitution. Data should be recognized in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Social Problems are Data Problems. Data Rights are Human Rights. Protect Data Protect Humans. Save Data Save Lives.
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Just me but somehow feels like Undas walking around. I thought the majority won. Where's the revelry?
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If you are using an older SMART wifi, FYI. I've discovered proof that China is spying on us. (Steps follow).
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2 years
Sorry for the sidewalk. Please use the inconvenience.
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Ctto
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We hailed her as a hero not too long ago.
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Machiavillain. Person who drinks machiato while entertaining evil thoughts.
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I guess the argument that EDSA buses cause traffic can be reinterpreted now?
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Xmas reunion blues 18s: ba't yan ang course mo 20s: ba't wala ka pang trabaho 30s: ba't wala ka pang asawa 40s: ba't ang taba mo 50s: patay na raw si ano 60s: buhay pb si kwan 70s: kaninong anak eto 80s: sino ka
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4 years
Public service PR money well spent.
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2 years
Filed under You Can't Invent This. Count to 3 before you react. It's good advice.
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2 years
On today's You Can't Invent This: Data > Sort > Random
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8 months
Sorry folks. Your data is out there.
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5 years
Please advise students and others using "Free Wifi" like this. Do not access non-SSL sites while using it. Avoid logging on to online banking and social media while on it. Credential sniffing happens on public networks. User beware.
@PhilstarNews
Philstar.com
5 years
Manila students and residents enjoy free internet access by connecting to a wifi kiosk at the Bonifacio Shrine in front of City Hall. Despite Manila Mayor @IskoMoreno 's previous crackdown against "epal" politicians, the wifi kiosk is named "ISKOnek." 📸STAR/Edd Gumban
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Anything but WFH? Anything but public transpo? Anything but active transpo? Anything but...
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Metro Manila Council President Francis Zamora said he would suggest adjusting mall hours to ease the traffic in the metropolis. READ MORE:
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Today on the True Size: Comparative size of the Gaza Strip to Metro Manila. The current migration from northern Gaza to south is like everyone living from Pateros to Antipolo needing to flee down past Taguig to Cavite. Food for thought.
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Ring of fire + typhoon belt + pandemic. It's a given: if you want to lead this country, you have to be calamity ready. Fancy speeches, socmed antics and military postura aren't enough (and they never were).
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PH, why do we smart shame, but put idiocy on a pedestal?
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Dystopian future... or pila sa EDSA Carousell? (Not mutually exclusive) (Via )
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3 years
In You Can't Invent This: Investing in one's education
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3 years
Signs of the times.
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2 years
Na-hack is out. Na-deepfake is in.
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1 year
C'mon local banks, why do I still need to go to my original branch to do anything serious with my account?
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8 months
After Philhealth, a larger leak has been circulating in forums. PSA dataset of 42B rows contains IDs and PII. For the rest of us: cyber hygiene applies. Be mindful of where your IDs, emails and cellphones were used. Use a separate identity for financials. Images via DWK.
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#CyberThreat : A Facebook Post was allegedly uploaded that contains highly sensitive information from @PSAgovph due to a data breach of 42 Billion of data. #DeepWebKonek
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To those attacking PAGASA, just stop. Just like the PHIVOLCS crew they are doing their jobs in spite of the odds. PH is in the typhoon belt and the ring of fire. We should take it as a given that we will encounter floods and earthquakes. We need a constant state of preparedness.
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4 years
In today's "You can't invent this" segment: 2019 military resource speaker for social media comms has the same name, rank, even military organization as a military perp behind a network of inauthentic behavior on FB in 2020?
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Everyone in DND resigned. 🤷 All PNP are in heightened alert. 🤷‍♂️ Official government email is GMAIL. 👀
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@stivfrancisco Athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists suffer similarly. Wanna be loved? Showbiz is the only option. Wanna get rich? Politics. Or be born rich. Philippines, when we we learn?
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Congra... wait.
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Dominic Ligot
4 years
Data is the new blood. Literally. Without good quality data, wrong decisions are made. And people die.
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Dominic Ligot
3 years
What if plot twist 11th hour: COMELEC bans substitutions.
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Thinking out loud: WFH is a hot button now because - You can't hire anymore without offering some WFH/hybrid work arrangement - Gov't does NOT want you to offer WFH (for NCR BPOs at least) IMO there's a theoretical breakpoint where you stop being viable because you have NO
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Food for thought: PAGASA and PHIVOLCS have thankless jobs. They get flak if they miss a beat, and more flak if they give a false alarm. They do get it right most of the time, but people forget after 24 hours. Your job is basically a confusion matrix.
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1 year
Have you tried mashing up Filipino proverbs? Here's my favorite: "Kapag maikli ang kumot, maraming dahilan." Profound innit? QRT with your own mashup.
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For a country the size of NCR, SG has more rails than PH.
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A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation. -Gustavo Petro
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What if they named storms after bad politicians?
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2 years
Food for thought. If you can't respect fellow Filipinos and it takes foreign experts to get you to consider alternative opinions, this isn't science we are debating anymore.
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Dominic Ligot
4 years
We used to be comforted when we see news that starts with: "Research shows..." "Expert says..." "According to study..." "Findings from..." "Academics say..." Nowadays we should just be more vigilant. Misinformation, Disinformation, and Information all look alike now. ->
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3 years
In today's You Can't Invent This: Welcome to the world HTML Pascual.
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The deletion of CNN PH's digital assets is infuriating and strange. And disturbing that commercial interests can actually deprive us of the public record. Imagine all wikipedia articles dependent on CNN PH links as their official citation for certain facts, are now impaired.
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3 years
On You Can't Invent This: A rose by any other name...
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Dominic Ligot
5 years
Anyway to summarize the things wrong with this picture: a. Many sites (especially Government websites) are not SSL-secure b. Our telco is routing our traffic to CHINA c. A random tracking code is inserted into your non-secure site while going through CHINA
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5 years
Gotta love it when even Malacanang isn't secure, and snooped by CHINA. Enjoy that folks.
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2 years
Plot twist: there is no coffee in that cup.
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1 year
For the bookmarks: Reddit [unofficial] cost comparisons of therapy providers. Mind your mental health.
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A little rain and the entire capital goes into arrest. Sick city.
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FYI former troll, ongoing AMA. Try to be civil though. Rare glimpse into the heart of the beast:
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More laughs. Guess who's gonna be monitoring the upcoming elections?
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I am a disavowed never-fratman, since I quit the process midstream (I would say a few weeks shy of the hazing stage). I thought I wouldn't endure being a social pariah and ostracism of the frat as a "quitter", but I did, and never regretted abandoning that medieval structure.
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Natagpuan na ang bangkay ng 3rd year chemical engineering student mula Adamson University na si John Matthew Salilig matapos ituro ng isa sa mga suspek ang lokasyon ng pinaglibingan nito. Positibo rin itong kinilala ng kaniyang kapatid. | via @jeffcaparas
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IATF for traffic? Just stop requiring people to go to offices already as a start. Stop unnecessary travel.
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Government must appoint a traffic czar to address traffic woes in Metro Manila, a business group said. Read:
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Keep calm... And prepare for identity theft! First trouble spots: - e-commerce transactions - credit cards - online banking logons - socmed takeover - simcard reg and replacement Please be extra careful.
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2 years
Now that we're talking about media, we need this chart for the PH. Any takers?
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2 years
OP deleted it. Here's the original text for reference. Comments remain in the thread above.
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Dominic Ligot
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Here's the story of how I got started in the fight against disinfo: In 2017 my wife and I got stranded in Resorts World for 24 hrs. Our movie date (Wonder Woman) was interrupted by an incident involving a disgruntled gunman who was attempting to steal casino chips.
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So looking forward to an empty NCR. A reminder of what it could be if we didn't have RTO.
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IMO forcibly subjecting anyone to travel within NCR is blatantly dehumanizing at this point.
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“Ay, ump!” Walkable nga ba ang EDSA? Nilakad ni @michael_delizo ang ilang spot sa EDSA para malaman ang karanasan ng mga pedestrian. #PatrolNgPilipino Kaugnay na balita:
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It starts with one.
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Question to spam SMS receivers: if your name appears on the text, does it incidentally match your GCash handle?
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3 years
Covid 2nd surge then Taal drama. Re-run or remake?
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Btw, the authorities and media have approached me. So thanks for the RTs and comments folks. Will publicly share anything that comes out of this (even if it's just a mistake).
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Remember kids.
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eth should honestly pump to $4000 by next month. the doh will pump it 🙏
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GCash now forces you to lock your account to one phone. Better make sure your phone never gets stolen I guess.
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@TetsMakino Volunteer porn is resilience porn.
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Author finds interesting vulnerabilities in the National ID. It's not a bug, but a feature! Read on. LMK what you think. #NationalID #Security
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3 years
Wakes and funerals have a way of exposing truths. About the living as well as the dead.
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2 years
Caption this.
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Ok the other way around: Using Globe on non-SSL sites: Oppo A37F, Oppo CPH1801, Xiaomi Double Mi - negative. LG Stylus 2 - negative. So Globe seems to be negative on these devices. Only the China phones are positive on Smart.
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Imagine, if any DOTr secretary could solve this, instant election win. That is... if we voted for people who actually solved problems.
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LOOK: Heavy traffic with bumper-to-bumper conditions along the westbound route of Commonwealth Avenue heading to Quezon Memorial Circle this Friday morning. | Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News #TrafficPatrol
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So who watches the Police? You know who.
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Just in case you didn't know: Philippine Constitution: Article 14, Section 5.5 The State shall assign the highest budgetary priority to education...
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Tally so far: Any network/device on SSL sites - negative. For non-SSL sites: Globe, Nexlogic, Converge - negative. Using Smart on non-SSL sites: Oppo A37F, Oppo CPH1801, Xiaomi Double Mi - positive. LG Stylus 2 - negative. Will test more devices as I encounter them.
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I'll just say the @phivolcs_dost staff and scientists, despite small funding and equipment support, manage to do their work. People ignored them about Taal, and now demonize them. In reality they are our heroes and don't need to apologize for anything. Thank you PHIVOLCS.
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4 years
In Chernobyl talk, after a meltdown comes the blast, then the fallout.
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5 years
To the certain telco executive na may parinig pa kuno eto lang masasabi ko: this happened on your watch and everyone knows it. Enjoy you evening brother. Para sa bansa.
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That simcard/socmed reg bill was poised to fly over everyone's heads by Easter. The veto is not just a win for privacy and the data and tech advocates who have spoken against it, but also evidence that our system of checks and balances can still work if we want it to.
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I just googled "huawei router injection" and a whole bungle of horror just spewed out of the search results. We all use this stuff either directly or indirectly via our home routers, wifi, and cellsites.
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Left-wing v. Right-wing? Democrat v. Republican? Labour v. Conservative? Progressive v. Traditional? Liberal v. Nationalist? This 2009 infographic from David McCandless was a good tool to check where your leanings are. (Hint: PH political parties are chopsuey on ideology).
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Anyone who applied, already receive their National ID card? How long did it take to get it?
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All non-SSL sites accessed via SMART WIFI will have a high chance to attach this funky script on the front page. Tracing the traffic sees it goes to CHINA before landing back in PLDT. What the heck SMART?
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So for me it just boils down to these 3 questions: Why is a weird code getting inserted on non-SSL websites from the network? Why does it only happen on (some) Smart wifi using certain (China) phones? Why are our many gov websites non-SSL?
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Navy? Yep.
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Freedom of speech is not freedom of reach. We can certainly exercise maximum tolerance for opinions, but we can't give platform to disinformation without being party to it.
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PH is a rich country. Our total GDP is larger than the likes of Denmark, Singapore, even New Zealand. We could do better in distributing it.
@EngrsOfMNL
Engineers “JOIN MASS ORGS” for PH 🇵🇭 🫡
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*billions for Maharlika fund* *billions for NTFELCAC* *billions for intel funds* *billions for afp/pnp* gov official: kulang budget for public schools 😭
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iNGO requested a speaker about social issues related to tech. Gave them a name and a rate. Came back with: "This rate is not something we would expect from the Philippines. For that rate we could get an expat." Say social issue wo saying social issue. Left the email unanswered.
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Today it's a fine line between a PR stunt, viral marketing, and fake news, especially if the same outfits are involved. It's an extremely absurd time when truth and fiction are blurred. Fiction sometimes makes more sense than truth, because it's engineered, just as marketing is.
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DICT. Cool.
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School: your paper must be a minimum of 7 pages. Real-world: explain it to me in 7 seconds or I'm out of here Real-world, next day: that thing you said yesterday in 7 seconds... can you give me a 15 page report on it?
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I've simply reported what I saw, and provided evidence as of that moment. I did not wish for this thread to be viral, so it wasn't a publicity stunt. I hope it has raised awareness about cybersecurity and the need for more vigilance.
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Data is the new oil. Data is the new pollution. Data rights are human rights. Social problems are data problems. What gets measured gets done. Knowing is half the battle. Without data, you're just another person with an opinion.
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Dominic Ligot
4 years
Apart from the horrid economics, do we really need to buy separate Beep cards per mode of transport? Anyone else figure this out?
@chronikrissys
Kristina Conti
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Grabe rin nitong pandemic 'no, pipigain ka talaga. Kanina nagpalit na ng sistema yung mga ejeep, yung blue. Kelangan na ng Beep card na bibilhin mo sa halagang P150, may load na P50. Tinanong ko kay ateng nagbebenta kung pareho sa Beep sa MRT/LRT, hindi raw. Mapilitan ka bumili.
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Majority WFH is the way to go. Stop unnecessary movement of people. Effects on health, climate, transport, fuel, are all correlated. Some property devs and owners may wince... but landlords will adapt...
@goodkidbikecity
sa islang panopticon
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Will the DOH ring the same alarm bells here? The physical and mental health effects of traffic congestion and pollution are nothing to scoff at. Now that @DrTonyLeachon is advising on noncommunicable diseases, good policy should be on the way.
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Meanwhile, just ensure your sites are SSL-secured (the code can't understand encrypted sites to self-insert), and if you have older SMART wifi get rid of it. For me, back to fixing my mom's website.
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8 months
At this rate our poor posture in cybersecurity will destroy us long before AI will
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2 years
Policies and socmed. Not a good mix.
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5 years
Those who want to help trace/investigate please DM me. I can send the script and screenshots.
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Dominic Ligot
1 year
@jaxorjames I dunno. What's wrong with having all sensitive correspondence in the hands of a foreign third party entity with no formal contract and accountabilities to the government?
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It has come to my attention that a certain training provider has been using my name and company logos to promote their data analytics course without my permission. I would like to publicly clarify that I am not nor was ever a teacher or mentor in their course nor endorse them.
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Contrary to the statement, IMO RTO actually reduces mobility as a whole, since it plunges everyone into traffic bedlam every day. The reduction in consumption is a fallacy - people will still consume what they need, and cities will reconfigure.
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