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Know Instantly When Your Site Goes Down: Automating Website Monitoring With UptimeRobot

How do website admins know when their website is down? Do they just wait until a frustrated user tells them, or do they constantly navigate their own site to find...

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5 min read
Technology #uptimerobot
VSCode Merge Editor Fix

How To Fix vscode merge editor not showing in 1 minute

Have you recently run into an issue where the three-way Merge Editor in VS Code just won’t show up, and instead, you’re stuck with the old inline UI? You are...

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Help #vscode
Open Meteo Archive: Free Historical Weather Data

Open Meteo archive free historical weather data

Have you ever wondered what the weather was exactly like on the day you were born? Or maybe you’re building an app that needs to know how much it rained...

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4 min read
Research #weather
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How to Find Places Where You've Logged In with Google

Using your Google account to log into external apps and websites is incredibly convenient. It saves you from creating new passwords and speeds up the signup process. However, over time,...

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2 min read
Help #google
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Google Cloud TLS Certificate Changes in Q2 2026: Important Update for GCP users

If you manage client applications that interact with Google Cloud services, please take note of an upcoming infrastructure change. In Q2 2026, Google is updating the Transport Layer Security (TLS)...

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3 min read
Security #google cloud
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Google Cloud Security Best Practices

Managing service account keys and API keys securely within your Google Cloud environment is a critical responsibility for any organization. Recent security trends highlight a glaring issue: long-lived credentials lacking...

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3 min read
Technology #google cloud
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Let There Be Memes: A Curated Collection of Internet Gold

Welcome to my personal gallery of memes and pictures that have made me laugh, think, or just nod in solemn agreement. In the vast, chaotic landscape of the internet, these...

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#memes #dilbert
A man on a stage smiling and gesturing with both hands toward a large blue screen behind him. The screen displays the bold white text 'CHINESE NOODLES IN KIGALI' above a vibrant photograph of a steaming bowl of spicy noodles. Below the image, smaller white text reads 'rdjarbeng.com/personal/chinese-noodles-in-kigali'. This image is modeled by Richard Djarbeng

Finding Chinese Noodles In Kigali

Finding Chinese noodles in Kigali isn’t something you’d expect, but here we are. I picked up a packet of Lao Tan Sauerkraut Beef Noodles (117g + toppings) from the Chinese...

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#chinese noodles #food
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He Made $2,000 in One Week With AI... Then TikTok Froze It

First came the win: $2,200 in profit in just one week. Then came the loss: $3,722 in earnings, frozen and inaccessible. This is the high-stakes reality of one creator’s experiment...

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5 min read
#ai #google veo3
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MEME reactions

Pictures of reactions I found interesting across the internet. Could be memes, but I’m just gonna create a new post for these. Homelander from The Boys looking disgusted Look very...

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Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda Ban Cash Bouquets

As Valentine’s Day approaches, lovers across East Africa will have to rethink their gift ideas as Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda have all taken a firm stance against the popular trend...

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#valentine's day #money
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The Magnus Carlsen Gambit: Disrespecting Grandmasters for Fun With Gotham Chess

Magnus Carlsen is so good at chess that he often has to “nerf” himself just to make online games interesting, according to the YouTube channel Gotham Chess. While most of...

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#magnus carlsen #chess
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I am a Computer Engineer and Machine Learning Enthusiast with a passion for Internet of Things (IoT) and AI applications. I specialize in building data-driven solutions and deploying low-cost technologies for real-world impact. Currently, I am expanding my expertise in Deep Learning and building on AWS.


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