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@ismail

7 years

Software Developer, Data Scientist, Dev Ops? We are looking for passionate, smart and curious people. Apply #Jobs

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7 years

Thanks @4otune is the real star making an awesome impact in tech

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@ismail is one of the coolest and hard working geeks you will ever come across. Catching up with him. Check out his company @zyelabs

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Day 0 of a 30 day writing experiment. #ship30for30

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10 years

How Sleep Deprivation Drives The High Failure Rates of Tech Startups http://t.co/4MWsWcF5MG

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@ismail

9 years

How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids From How to ‘Do School’ Could Improve Learning | MindShift http://t.co/bvjgBOd7rM

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@ismail

2 years

Here are some roles we typically need to embody as an #entrepreneur

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@ismail

11 years

rt @justinspratt : @seed_engine #SEDemoDay going well. very well organised, good crowd. good ideas. @shanak up now pitching IntelliCred

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@ismail

2 years

All results are driven by the habits we have. What are your favourite resources on habit formation? Here are mine. @bjfogg @hubermanlab #habit

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@ismail

1 year

3 Lessons i Learned from Writing Online Every Day For 30 Days In A Row Day 30/30 done

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@ismail

2 years

Do you hike, or are into #boardsports ? Here is a quick hack to improve your balance in just 4 mins per a day. #longboarding #hiking #surfing #skating

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@ismail

2 years

A book recommendation if you are interested in learning about financial markets, crisis and the fraglity inherent in our #financial system.

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@ismail

1 year

Thinking in questions is key to learning, flourishing and adapting to a fast changing world #complexity #learning

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@ismail

1 year

Shopify is a $ 45,000,000,000 business. @tobi built it using a very specific metaphor and perspective on business. Use metaphors to improve your leadership, strategizing and innovation in business #strategy #leadership #metaphoricalthought

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@ismail

2 years

Last year i did a deep dive into the research on #awe . Here are some of the benefits of experiencing awe @GreaterGoodSC

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@ismail

2 years

We spent 3 months living in a different city on a #workation . Here are some benefits.

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@ismail

2 years

We are in unprecedented times, we are living through the great acceleration. How do you design an organisation to deal and flourish in a world with rapid change? #cybernetics #systems #change

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@ismail

4 years

Media like M&G is critical to our democracy. To hold power to account. It would be a travesty if we did not have the M&G around.

Khadija Patel

@khadijapatel

4 years

This has been hard time for independent media around the world. Right now, the @mailandguardian faces a crisis. With advertising revenue going up in smoke and events canceled, we may not be able to pay salaries next month. Please help us.

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@ismail

4 years

I am working from my home office, kids are doing school work at the dining room table. The entire family together for most of the day. Maybe this is how we should be living? #COVID19SouthAfrica #Covid19SA #remotework #familiestogether

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@ismail

10 years

XPRIZE up for Artificial Intelligence that can give a TED talk : FUTURE TECH : Tech Times http://t.co/o4FYdMUsW8

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@ismail

2 years

Are you been feeling overwhelmed with all the information out there on note taking systems and personal knowledge management? It's best to start with a simple system. A Minimum Viable PKM System #pkm #notetaking

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@ismail

11 years

bloody hell, dont bother, setup another server. @redistogo though would like to know why the server stopped responding.

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@ismail

2 years

The ideas in this book have significant depth, and will help you pursure excellence in your own leadership practice! Thanks @KosheekS for the kind words.

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@ismail

2 years

How do you gain clarity on your intentions? Here are some prompts I often use. to get clear on #goals

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@ismail

2 years

Want to optimise your training plan? Want to focus better? Achieve your goals? Improve your mental health? Improve your sleep? @hubermanlab is my favourite podcast for this.

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@ismail

9 years

Verifying that +ismail is my blockchain ID.

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@ismail

2 years

Remote working with a family, consider a #workation , here are some challenges to consider. #remotework

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@ismail

12 years

Take a free MIT course - Circuits & Electronics http://t.co/akN6Aela

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@ismail

2 years

Do you spend a whole lot of time consuming podcasts without practical implementation? My 5 step process to accelerate learning from non-fiction podcasts and not waste time just listening (and not learning) #learning #podcasts

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@ismail

2 years

Here is what I have learnt about #compassion after intentionally working to cultivate it.

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@ismail

2 years

Some lessons we could extract from #hiking about life and business #lifelessons

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@ismail

2 years

Has COVID accelerated critical technologies in South Africa? What technologies emerged as critical? @Phathizwe speaks @UCTGSB Johannesburg

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@ismail

4 years

We are at #dataconafrica having some very interesting conversations. Question: how can big data, AI, Ml be used to support a more inclusive and equitable South Africa?

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@ismail

2 years

#awe helps you be more #creative , lead a more fulfilled life, and improves your social connectedness, makes you more kind. Last year i did a deep dive on awe, here are the best resources to get you started on understanding awe and cultivating it. #innovation

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@ismail

2 years

3 Simple Quotes That Will Remind You To Lead Authentically #leadership

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@ismail

10 years

Startup aims to bring Call of Duty-like tech to live paintball games | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi http://t.co/T3r2XiG8bx

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@ismail

8 years

The world is entering a 3rd stage of a rolling debt crisis, centred on emerging markets

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@ismail

7 years

A Single dev today can build in a week what took a team 3 months to do 10 years ago. #futureproofAfrica

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@ismail

7 years

Need to get your data sorted, or there is no AI/machine learning. If your data is not clean you can't do anything #futureproofAfrica

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@ismail

2 years

Four types of generative conversations #leadership

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@ismail

9 years

Rt @MrCanhaM : I like this lose first win later method instead of win first choke later #SAvWI

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@ismail

1 year

Amazing lineup for the #executiveleadershipconvention from @UCTGSB in @CapeTown . Key insights 💡and Learning about #leadership and #complexity . 👇🏿

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@ismail

11 years

"Department of Basic Education bans Free and Open Source Software in SA Schools" failing us! http://t.co/o7IL7iFqPO #tech4africa

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@ismail

1 year

Thought provoking question. Is hope good or bad? Inauthentic hope is outcome based, which can lead you to hopelessness.

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@ismail

7 years

Which part of your business is the pit stop, the critical thing to get right? If you get it wrong you may as well go home #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

11 years

influx of traffic @chowhubsa after doing a little bit of marketing, bottle neck was redis connection pool, sorted now. #awesomeproblems :)

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@ismail

13 years

vizualize.me the best looking CV you will ever have. http://t.co/6gCGDem4

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@ismail

7 years

Why you should value privacy, it's critical for democracy #FutureproofAfrica @jayabaloo

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@ismail

6 months

@samdblond "Nobody knows the exact number of causalities" Here is a description of how the numbers are consolidated and calculated.

Nour Odeh 🇵🇸🍉 #NojusticeNopeace

@nour_odeh

7 months

I don't like to do this but there is a lot to unpack here and it's very important so here we go 🧵. The number of casualties reported in Gaza has consistently proven reliable in this and previous Israeli assaults and there have been many. This time is no different. Here is why:

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@ismail

7 years

As we build more we move up a higher level of abstraction. We make things easier4the next generation,a reinforcing loop #futureproofAfrica

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@ismail

11 months

Something new may usually means going against conventional wisdom. The biggest fear you have to overcome is the fear or exclusion/banishment from your community. This is a very deep rooted fear in all of us. @haroonmeer

haroon meer

@haroonmeer

11 months

“The moment you decide that you are going to be too embarrassed to try something new, then you not going to learn anything anymore” This is one of those things that’s easy to grasp intellectually but proves really challenging to many ppl in practice.

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@ismail

1 year

5 Lessons on schooling from Turning Learning Right Side Up #education #learning #schooling

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@ismail

12 years

Fab Factories: Hardware Manufacturing in Africa http://t.co/QBV3MOgz

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@ismail

11 years

Iron.io Blog: How We Went from 30 Servers to 2: Go http://t.co/xpY6FMFIza

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@ismail

11 years

vote for my session @tech4africa "Build a SAAS Service like MongoHQ/Redis2go" http://t.co/xwt7q4czSN

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@ismail

2 years

@aBroidy my note taking system has evolved over a decade. So i took some of that learning, the diffrence between old and new was implementing a Zettlekasten like system similar to what @kinginmotion describes. I also use daily notes in there as well.

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@ismail

2 years

Creating new habits, and stopping bad habits is a superpower. Here is how I stoped smoking. #habits #quitsmoking

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@ismail

7 years

If we do not change how we build people, humans will be a toxic asset #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

2 years

@CProvinsal A while back there is used to be a course "learning how to learn" it was a game changer!

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@ismail

7 years

AI can make profound changes in people's lives. It's not just about self driving cars #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

1 year

How to ask powerful questions to inspire creativity, innovation and action with your team #innovation #inquiry

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@ismail

1 year

@chrismanfrank Opening again for crowd funding? Missed the last one!

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@ismail

12 years

Looks like my daughter also wants to submit the #gamification12 assignment by professor @kwerb :) #fb http://t.co/U6IPPi50

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@ismail

9 years

The Next Big Thing You Missed: Tech Superstars Build 'Startup Factories' | WIRED http://t.co/Wielmo6Ii6

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@ismail

11 years

Inside GitHub's Super-Lean Management Strategy--And How It Drives Innovation http://t.co/zuKxmdb6eZ

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@ismail

2 years

A strong fear of failure can really hamper your progress in business. Self-compassion can help you deal with fear of failure. #selfcompassion @self_compassion

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@ismail

3 years

How Outsiders Become Game Changers -

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@ismail

1 year

@chrisyeh Better still, self-compassion. Self-confidence fails when you feel inadequate. @self_compassion has amazing research on this topic.

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@ismail

2 years

@EmmaProud Think this is an important distinction. Knowing is not the same as doing, and doing is not the same as being.

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@ismail

2 years

In 1965 we were able to produce enough food to feed the world. Today there is a massive gap, not because we cannot produce enough but because there is more wastage. @Phathizwe @UCTGSB

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@ismail

10 years

Microservices and the migrating Unix philosophy | Donnie Berkholz's Story of Data http://t.co/FPwn2KHgdg

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@ismail

7 years

Need to rethink education. We are educating people for jobs that will not exist in the next few decades #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

3 months

We have conducted research on Open Source Data engineering tools. Here is the Open Source Data Engineering Lanscape Report Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Open Source Data Engineering Landscape 2024

Exploration of the open source software in data engineering ecosystem

practicaldataengineering.substack.com

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@ismail

4 years

A bunch of us got together to build a COVID19 screening and symptom tracker. #CronaVirus #SALockdown

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@ismail

3 years

#NewMacy 2021: Responding to Pandemics of “Today’s AI” by @paulpangaro

#NewMacy 2021: Responding to Pandemics of “Today’s AI”

This post is an overview of the direction of #NewMacy Conversations as of August, 2021. Click here to read #NewMacy documentation, including more recent activities . The need for #NewMacy Meetings…

pangaro.com

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@ismail

11 years

BitTorrent’s File Synchronizing Service Sync, Still In Beta, Launches As An iOS App @TechCrunch http://t.co/Fw8fp4tGFJ

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@ismail

2 years

@kinginmotion I create "summary notes" around specific topics. For example i have a note about "Habits" which has everything related to habits. What you are suggesting is something different? all your notes on a single note grouped by topic. Then you add new notes sequentually by time?

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@ismail

2 years

@roddaut How do you validate if there is an audience for a course?

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@ismail

7 years

In the 3 body problem(book) trisolarans decide 2 invade earth & destroy it as earths tech&population is exponential. #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

11 years

"-----> Launching... done, v87" 87 deployments for @chowhubsa , done since 4th feb, averaging 1.9 deployments per day. #agile #rails :)

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@ismail

5 months

@BiaResearcher 😂 the best type of notes.

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@ismail

2 years

@bianca_oli_per Aren’t concepts just a bunch of propositions , claims and assertions?

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@ismail

9 years

Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) 4.0 http://t.co/WgG84AYBZk

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@ismail

6 months

@samdblond b) the terrorist organization responsible for the attack uses Palestinian children as human shields. On the topic of Human Shields:

Norman Finkelstein EXPOSES Who REALLY Uses Human Shields

Watch the full conversation with Norman here: https://youtube.com/live/m36CUGA1UcwGiven that Israel is alleged to have bombed a hospital, many of the governm...

www.youtube.com

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@ismail

7 years

What are the implications of DNA sequencing that costs as much as a pizza 🍕? #futureproofAfrica

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@ismail

11 years

at @AngelFairAfrica prep, some awesome businesses have made shortlist. @kiph_courageous @cirqlsdotcom @chowhubsa @vuyobeegdreamer #angelfair

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@ismail

16 years

add loss of Emphaty to a things that glorify acts like murder/suicide and you have a dangerous mix

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@ismail

1 year

Do you think our schooling system is preparing our children for a future of rapid change, and information abundance? Here are 3 best books that shifted my perspective on learning and education. #education #learning

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@ismail

1 year

@DrAndyGalpin Loving the series!

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@ismail

1 year

+ the assumption that repeatedly drilling the same thing over and over again (i.e math sums), learning facts, and relauing them back = learning. Most schools today are still based on industrial era assumptions. Our schools go against fundamental theories of how learning occurs

Chrisman

@chrismanfrank

1 year

We are all impoverished when kids spend their formative years in institutions that force them to tolerate intolerable boredom and conformity.

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@ismail

2 years

@PatriksHQ @kinginmotion Exactly , I found my thoughts are usually a comment , idea, expansion or example of something I extracted. So to split it up made getting the context difficult.

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@ismail

11 years

Why having an MBA is a negative hiring signal (for startups) http://t.co/JnFA4RtnDo

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@ismail

7 years

thought: exponential growth/value creation is dangerous without strong ethical considerations and value systems. #futureproofafrica

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@ismail

6 months

@samdblond Also, well Done on using the Point scoring method from Hasbara (read propogranda) training manuals, in order to avoid rational reasoning. Extract from Page 115 of the manual below.

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@ismail

12 years

In Violation of the Honour Code, my daughter submitting #gamification12 assignment for me :) #gamification12pics http://t.co/U6IPPi50 @kwerb

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@ismail

2 years

@angelosgeo @mwseibel @sama @DanielPink @mattmochary Conversations are the currency where buy-in is achieved!

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@ismail

2 years

@YounglingAndCo @readytomelt @AnantRangaswami Strategic assumption surfacing and testing is critical

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@ismail

6 months

@samdblond "The only possible intention of posting these numbers without this crucial context is to dishonestly frame the Israeli people as bloodthirsty" -- This is your own framing. I saw it is a compasionate rational response. Any loss of life, children partciularly IS GRIM.

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@ismail

4 years

#hackers the movie was released 25 years ago. It was also the year of WIN95, the year i started messing around with Linux (Slackware 3) Spending most of my free time building, programming and playing with 'computers'.

Hackers (1995) ⭐ 6.2 | Crime, Drama, Romance

1h 45m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

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@ismail

4 years

Great thought from Vukosi Sambo Forget CLTV (Customer Lifetime value), focus on lifetime customer experience for analytics #dataconafrica #bigdataanalytics

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@ismail

1 year

@michaeltdoan @kinginmotion Yes it is.

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