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Human Being • Software Engineer and Data Scientist • Space Enthusiast • Marathon Moonlighter • A Good Book, Coffee and Music any day • Opinions are my own

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We are extremely grateful ♥️
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A father’s love for his daughter never ends, even when her time here does. There are no words to describe the heartbreak of losing a child or the emptiness that lasts a lifetime. The years may pass, but the love, the memories, and the longing to have her here with us never fade. If you are able, please consider making a donation to support us as we walk to honor Autumn this Saturday. These donations, no matter how small, help fund life-saving research, suicide prevention education, and support for families who know the unimaginable heartbreak of losing someone they love. Autumn will always be my daughter, our heroic archer. She will always be loved and always be a part of everything I do. afspwalks.donordrive.com/tea…
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This paragraph by Richard Feynman hits so hard: “Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn’t stop you from doing anything at all.”
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No one can promise you will never get cancer. But you can lower the odds of several cancers through everyday choices. Here are 5 changes worth making. 1. EAT MORE BEANS, OATS AND WHOLE GRAINS
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Hello Bright, We are pleased to have served you and humbled so much by kind words used. Have a good day ahead.
18 minutes. This is the amount of time it took me to walk into @UDLSOfficial and walk out with my renewed driving license. All I had to come with was my original expired license and a PRN on my phone. I paid used Mobile Money. This is what peak efficiency looks like, and I really commend these fellas. I give them 5/5 Stars! When you digitize processes, payments and integrate systems, it makes data reusable and service delivery seamless. Even more, the team right from security are very professional and customer centered. Every @GovUganda MDA needs to go and benchmark with these good people!
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NBS TV With @andrewkabuura and team last evening on @NBSportUg
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18 minutes. This is the amount of time it took me to walk into @UDLSOfficial and walk out with my renewed driving license. All I had to come with was my original expired license and a PRN on my phone. I paid used Mobile Money. This is what peak efficiency looks like, and I really commend these fellas. I give them 5/5 Stars! When you digitize processes, payments and integrate systems, it makes data reusable and service delivery seamless. Even more, the team right from security are very professional and customer centered. Every @GovUganda MDA needs to go and benchmark with these good people!
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Here we go Next weekend tuli ku Hoima City Stadium
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NBS TV WITH @andrewkabuura and team last evening on @NBSportUg
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Former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink said it right: “Other than death, all defeats are psychological. Never give up.”
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RT @wekesa_amos: NBS TV TONIGHT GREAT DISCUSSION WITH @andrewkabuura and team at 10am You will enjoy the discussion …
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Amerika’da yaşanan uçak kazası insanın içini ürpertiyor. Austin’den Bahamalar’a giden bir özel jet dün Florida’da düşerek yolun ortasına çakılıyor, içindeki 9 kişinin hepsi de vefat ediyor. Uçak bir Learjet 60, 2004 model, yani 22 yaşında. 2019’a kadar tek sahibi olmuş, sonra iki kez el değiştirmiş, 2023’ten beri Delaware’de kurulu bir şirketin üzerinde. Bir charter firmasının listesinde de görünüyor, yani parayla yolcu taşıyabilen bir uçak. Bu uçağın sıfırı 2004’te yaklaşık 13 milyon dolarken bugün düşen uçakla aynı yaşta bir Learjet 60 ortalama 2,5-3 milyon dolara satılıyor. Yani değerinin beşte dördünü kaybetmiş. Bir nevi villa parasına jet satıyorlar. Tabii havacılıkta jeti almak ucuz, uçurmak pahalı derler. Motorların büyük bakımı bile tek başına 1 milyon doları geçiyormuş. Bir dönem bu uçak çok fazla tercih ediliyor, 430 kadar üretiliyor. Ama sicili pek parlak değil. 2007’ye kadarki verilerle her 100 bin uçuş saatinde 0,6 kaza yapmış, rakibi Hawker 800’de bu oran 0,16, Citation VII’de sıfır. Yani sınıfının en kazalı jeti. Bu modelden 8 uçak tamamen kullanılamaz hale gelmiş, 4’ünde can kaybı var. 2008’de de Blink-182 davulcusu Travis Barker bu uçaktan sağ kurtulmuş ama aynı uçakta vefat edenler olmuş. Akabinde zamanla müşteriler daha yeni jetlere geçmiş, satışlar düştüğü için de firma 2021’de Bombardier Learjet’in üretimini bitirmiş. Şu an aynı paraya piyasada alınacak başka bir yeni nesil jet yok. 14 yıldır dünyanın en çok satan hafif jeti Embraer Phenom 300’ün sıfırı bile 14 milyon doları geçiyor, 2010-2013 model ikinci eli bile 6-8 milyon dolar. Yani 3 milyon dolara jet sahibi olmak isteyen ya eski bir jete razı olacak ya da hiç almayacak. Bir de baktığımızda özel jetler yolcu uçaklarına göre daha tehlikeli. Yolcu uçakları her gün uçuyor ve dünyanın en sıkı denetimi altında. Özel jetin bakım sıklığını ise sahibi kendi seçiyor, tabii yine kontrol ediliyordur ama havayolu seviyesinde de değildir. Zaten rakamlar da bunu destekliyor: Her 100 bin uçuş saatinde ölümlü kaza oranı yolcu uçaklarında 0,034, charter jetlerinde 0,155, özel ve şirket jetlerinde 0,197. Yani özel jet, yolcu uçağından altı kata yakın riskli durumda. Yolcu uçaklarının pilotları 2-3 günde bir uçak uçuruyor. Yakın mesafeye gidenler gün aşırı bile kokpitte. Ama özel jetlerde aynı değil. Jetin sahibinin işi olacak da o uçak havalanacak. Havacılıkta şöyle bir söz var: Bir uçağın en sağlıklı olduğu yer gökyüzüdür. Uçak yerde yattıkça bozulur, uçtukça sağlıklı kalır. Yani insan gibi düşünün. İnsan sürekli evde yatarsa sağlığı bozulur, yerinden kalkması, dışarı çıkması, hareket etmesi lazım. Uçaklarda da aynı sistem var. Dolayısıyla özellikle iş jetleri yerde daha uzun süre kaldıkları için daha riskliler. Bir uçak için en makul olan şey her gün havada olmasıdır. Uçaklar yerde yatmak için değil, uçmak için tasarlanmıştır. Yani bir nevi özel jet lüks görünüyor ama asıl lüks en sıkı kontrol edilen yolcu uçağına binmek gibi bir şey. Hayatını kaybedenlerin yakınlarına sabır diliyorum.
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📸 #PictureMonday! AFCON 2027 could bring tourism, jobs, and investment to Uganda, and data might tell us how 🤲🏾 That is why our Head of Office, @mmubangizi15, was at the signing. Congratulations @TourismBoardUg and @ExploreUganda on your partnership with @CAF_Online
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RWENZORI MARATHON 2026 MONEY IDEAS FOR YOU MAKERERE UNIVERSITY - UN GLOBAL PULSE ONE TELCOM If you have followed me for long, you will realize I love figure, if you can’t measure what you do in real figures, then you might be lying to yourself. This year, RWENZORI MARATHON worked with UN GLOBAL PULSE, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY AND one of the telcoms in Uganda. The full research findings are coming out this week according to UN GLOBAL PULSE team but some ideas below according to preliminary findings. We had over 8200 registered runners from 49 countries like I have told you and our target was 8k only for RWENZORI MARATHON 2026. Working with one telcom, the total figures of people who turned up were 37,000 and around 9.30am, there were 18k people at the finish line. 70% of the people who went to KASESE for RWENZORI MARATHON used the northern route and that’s through Mityana , Mubende, Fortportal route. 30% of the people who went to kasese for RWENZORI MARATHON 2026 used the south route and that’s through masaka, Mbarara, bushenyi. According to research ushs 500m was spent only on the routes and it’s amazing how these figures were captured, I have always told you when people move money moves. In kasese between 6am and 6pm on the day of the marathon, ushs 9bn changed hands and this is based on one telcoms( we don’t have figures from the other telcom) and this doesn’t include spend in Fortportal, bushenyi, Rubirizi , ishaka and yes some people stayed in Mbarara. When the final findings come out, my expectations of how much money was earned in total could be around ushs 37bn but let me not bias the researchers before they disclose full figures. That should include spend by runners from different borders like Malaba , Busia and Entebbe airport, spend in Kampala etc Close to 1600 went to kasese during the Rwenzori marathon and just imagine each car used ushs 700k averagely, TOTAL OR SHELL UGANDA should pick interest in Rwenzori marathon. Now that we have support from ministry of sports and education for marketing internationally specifically and aggressive marketing is on going, imagine what next year will look like God willing? @OgwangOgwang There has been a problem before every RWENZORI MARATHON time from Covid, rebel stories, Ebola twice, imagine we had one peaceful year, think of what this marathon would do to this economy?
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It has finally been signed! 🇺🇬⚽ UTB and CAF. Congratulations, Uganda! A mega football event like the one we are looking forward to in 2027 is no longer just about football. It is about tourism, development, investment, innovation, legacy — and, most excitingly for me, data. For the first time, this continental football spectacle will be hosted by three countries — Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. What an opportunity to showcase Uganda and East Africa to the world! Visibility can become tourism. Tourism can become investment. Investment can create jobs and opportunities. And data can help us understand the impact and the legacy we leave behind. The opportunity is much bigger than football. Congratulations @TourismBoard and @ExploreUganda! 🇺🇬 #Tourism #Data #Innovation #Uganda #ExploreUganda
We are proud to announce our partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), confirming Uganda Tourism Board as an Official Competition Sponsor of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, KE-TZ-UG 27. This partnership presents an exciting opportunity to showcase Uganda’s rich tourism offerings, vibrant culture and unforgettable experiences to Africa and the world. As we prepare to welcome visitors for this continental celebration of football, our invitation is simple: 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲. #TotalEnergiesAFCON2027 | #ExploreUganda | #HereForIT
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They said African languages were too fragmented, too complex and too commercially insignificant to build advanced AI for. We disagreed. So we built it. 64 languages. 166 voices. 3 billion parameters. ONE model. Today, we are unveiling STORM-Ensemble 3.0, the most capable multilingual speech synthesis model we have built at PlotWeaver. From Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin to Swahili, Amharic, Wolof, Zulu, Xhosa and dozens more, STORM-Ensemble 3.0 generates speech across 64 languages, with 166 distinct speaker voices. Every voice you hear is generated by our model, not a prerecorded sample. But the real breakthrough isn't the numbers. It's what becomes possible when this technology is in the hands of people who can build with it. -African filmmakers distributing stories across languages. -Banks and telcos serving customers in their mother tongues. -Education platforms reaching more children. -Developers building voice AI products without starting from scratch. We are not building AI for African languages simply to prove it can be done. We are building the infrastructure to make our languages commercially viable at global scale. Next week, I will be speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Antigua about unlocking the Commonwealth's creative potential. This launch is a practical demonstration of that ambition. Africa must not simply consume the future of AI. We must build, own and shape the infrastructure that powers it. Watch the video. Listen to the voices. Imagine what's possible. Introducing STORM-Ensemble 3.0. PlotWeaver. Build Once. Speak Every Language. #PlotWeaver #STORMEnsemble #VoiceAI #AfricanLanguages
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Took the Ultimate Geezer @gideonkirumira to the source of the Nile for lunch. My brother for life! Greased the landing! 🧈 Explore Uganda!
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STEPH CURRY IS AN ABSOLUTE SHOWMAN 🚨 31 points. 8 threes. 1 unbelievable stepback. Warriors come back from 25 POINTS DOWN to win a thrilling West Group C opener!
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I am taking a mountain harvest with me to Canton Fair. Meet me at our 🇺🇬 country booth 11.2Hall J34-35、K13-14
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AFCON 2027 Go UGANDA
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The Africa Cup of Nations 2027! Welcome Home!!✈️🇺🇬⚽️ https://nitter.cf/t.co/Qe7AT5rFzR #TotalEnergiesAFCON2027 #ExploreUganda #AFCON2027 #FlytheCrane
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