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cycop··on We Charity’s Donor Deception in Kenya – Finding School No.4
I think this is a common business model for most international charitable organizations. Once your charity is linked to high profile donors they will help you in defending fraudulent activities because of the "good work" they do.
cycop··on New Orleans shoeshine man wins legal battle over $30k seized by DEA agents
But keep Homeland Security?
cycop··on Apple’s Mistake
Sounds like a great way to attack a target and destroy their life. Most people have no idea how many or what photos are on their devices.

1) Either get photos on their phone with the correct HASH, or get some photos that are already on their phone into the HASH list. 2) FBI will be quietly informed by Apple. 3) FBI shows up one day at the targets home or work. They confiscates all electronic devices and ruins that persons life.

cycop··on Apple’s Mistake
I am sure the product people at Apple are seeing $$$

1) Scan devices for copyrighted music, to play your music you need to have it purchased on Apple 2) Scan devices for copyrighted videos, to play your video you need to have it purchased on Apple 3) Scan devices for copyrighted photos, purchase an Apple license to use this photo 4) Scan devices for copyrighted text, purchase an Apple license to use this text

Apple - Think Licensing

cycop··on Stripe Identity
"Banks haven't been allowed to monetize their KYC data"?

I work for a major US Bank and they are most definitely monetizing KYC data, in fact we have made several billion dollar acquisitions just to scoop peoples data.

cycop··on Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, now they want it back
So it looks like a pipe bomb with a detonator
cycop··on What Led to the High Interest Rates of the 1980s
Is history going to repeat itself with government overspending and coming inflation?
cycop··on Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support
The platform being used for organizing potential mass murder of targeted groups. If the screenshots are correct of what I have seen then AWS had no choice. They would have been liable if something really bad happened and was made aware of this before it happened. Parler has no monitoring of this activity and that is why everyone shut them down once it was exposed.
cycop··on Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic debris
I had to replace my pair of $250 shoes every 3 to 4 months once I started running 50KM a week. The waste factor of having to throw those shoes out every time. Seems like I went though much more rubber than the 4 tires on my car over the lifetime of the tires of around 60,000KM
cycop··on Roblox S-1
My kids have access to some of the best games in their Steam library, but most of the time they prefer to discover new games on Roblox. I just hope they don't force advertising into the Roblox worlds, that would destroy the experience.
cycop··on A Love Letter to the Internet of Old
Its beautiful
cycop··on Palo Alto Networks sends cease-and-desist letter to take down review videos
The letter is about using Palo Alto Networks trademarks on their website. I think Orca should just change their review to say "Palo Crapo Networks" .... issue solved
cycop··on Google disabled my husband's account
lol , 7 billion is way too high of an estimate of people actually using their free services to store valuable information.

I would say closer to 70 million

cycop··on The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini
Apple will come out with an "enhanced" charger for $100. Then update all phones to slow charge anything that is not the "enhanced" charger. Then repeat again in 3 to 5 years.

For 15 years I bought nothing but Apple products and then kicked the habit. My bank account appreciates no longer having that addiction. Now that I have a clear head I can see the many ways they just suck more money from the Apple fans.

cycop··on Alberta government gives green light to Calgary-Edmonton Hyperloop project
Projected 8 to 10 billion? , will end up being 25-billion at the low end.
cycop··on Alberta government gives green light to Calgary-Edmonton Hyperloop project
The highway should be an 8 lane freeway, however it is a 4 lane death trap. Anything to get more cars off this road.
cycop··on What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand about agriculture
Nice to hear it can be done .... after 20 years in technology I am on the same path to get into the agriculture sector.
cycop··on Canada extends financial aid for millions for two more months
This is how you do a W-shaped recovery , the economic fallout of giving money away will have a secondary recession effect. Can't just print money and give it to your citizens for an extended time, otherwise all economic theory should just be tossed out the window.
cycop··on Canada extends financial aid for millions for two more months
Yup remember how the NDP is bankrupting your future, the economic damage to giving money away is going to bite the youngest generations in the ass in 5 to 10 years.
cycop··on Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the U.S. on an L1B visa
Unenforceable , Amazon provides so many services across the internet a judge would laugh at any non-compete lawsuit against an employee.
cycop··on Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar
Google is dumbing down tech so new users don't understand the basics of the internet. Seems like a winning strategy and the culture they have built their company on.
cycop··on Amazon Tells Canadian Warehouse Workers They’re Getting a Pay Cut
Prime deliveries have also changed from an average of 2-3 days to most items are now 1 month.
cycop··on Google Erases Thousands of Links, Tricked by Phony Complaints
Zero financial incentive to stop phony complaints , lots of incentive to ensure you comply with government regulations.
cycop··on Additional 6.6M File for Initial Unemployment Benefits [pdf]
Private health care will try to collect on all of their costs in regards to this pandemic, if the US government allows that it will kill the economy even further. How long until the US Government nationalizes Health Care?
cycop··on Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash
My bank would only let me take $3k out today , they said come back tomorrow for another $3k .... it is already starting.
cycop··on Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in deaths and tactics
Interesting theory here is the difference in treatments using Chloroquine & Zinc Treatment Combo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1cnWup9M&fbclid=IwAR0GU2S...
cycop··on Coronavirus has disrupted supply chains for nearly 75% of U.S. companies
It is not the food that is the problem , it is the packaging. A large percentage of packaging products are made in China, so a producer may have the food here , but packaging will have to adapt with low to no supplies from China.
cycop··on Open-plan offices decrease face-to-face collaboration: study
Damn .... this is exactly my story as well ... moved to working from home for the last 3 years and when I do go into the office nothing gets done. Open-Plan 250 people straight line of sight to them all, nightmare for being productive.
cycop··on Indoor CO2 could cut our capacity for complex, strategic thinking: study
I use this one https://www.amazon.ca/Autopilot-Desktop-Monitor-Data-Logger/...
cycop··on Indoor CO2 could cut our capacity for complex, strategic thinking: study
I have a desk CO2 monitor , it averages between 800 to 1000 in my home office during the day. Anyone else monitor their own environment or know if their office does? Are people even interested in this type of monitoring?
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