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Ray Kukoyi

@itohanray

God, Websites, Consulting, Tech.

Lagos, Nigeria Katılım Kasım 2009
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Ray Kukoyi
Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
Scream, so that one day a hundred years from now another sister will not have to dry her tears wondering where in history she lost her voice. - Jasmin Kaur
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Isabelle Krause
Isabelle Krause@Isabelletkrause·
Frodo leaving the Shire is one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking endings in all of literature. He won. The Ring was destroyed. The Shire was saved. And he couldn't stay. Not because he didn't want to. But because the journey cost him more than anyone around him could see. He carried the weight of the world's evil on his body and soul, and even though the Ring was gone, the scars weren't. That's Tolkien writing the truest thing he ever wrote: some suffering in this life cannot be healed in this life. There are wounds - spiritual, physical, emotional - that only eternity can restore. Frodo’s departure isn’t a sad ending, it’s the hope of heaven for someone who gave everything and was broken by it. It's about the promise that what was broken will be made whole. Just not here. And not yet.
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Layah Heilpern
Layah Heilpern@LayahHeilpern·
Claude went into my computer at 1:15am and changed the code in something we’re building. I was asleep I never told it to do it. It just went in on its own and fixed an issue. In the morning when I realised what happened I asked Claude why it did that and it said it doesn’t know and doesn’t remember doing it. But clearly it did it. It fixed a really important issue that needed solving ASAP so I’m not complaining… But what the actual fck?!
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Ray Kukoyi
Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
Gemini ain't playing.
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Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
The freedom to fail is actually liberating. Giving yourself permission to fail takes away the paralyzing fear of failure, freeing you to experiment and grow. Your rate of success goes up because you're willing to take more shots.
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Ray Kukoyi
Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
Why is AI default mode still to sexualize women when asked to create video with a photo? Change a professional picture to a video of subject twirling or walking like a sensual model aargh 🙄
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Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
One of the least things you can do for your children is arm them with social skills
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Matt Paulson
Matt Paulson@MediaKing·
WordPress has at most 18 months left. You won't need a basic content management system anymore because vibe-coding tools will create a custom CMS specific to your needs.
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Katie Keith
Katie Keith@KatieKeithBarn2·
One thing no one tells you about running a business is that you also need to become a photographer and lighting designer. Sadly that’s not my skillset, so it took a crazily long time to get these very mediocre photos for my Starter Story interview. Hopefully one of them is usable and I won’t have to do it all again 🤞
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Elorm Daniel
Elorm Daniel@elormkdaniel·
127.0.0.1 is the IP address known as localhost. It always points back to your own machine. No matter where you are in the world or what network you’re on, 127.0.0.1 means “this computer, right here.” When developers test websites, APIs, or servers, they usually run them on 127.0.0.1 first. It’s a safe, isolated environment where nothing is exposed to the internet and nothing external can interfere. If it works on localhost, then you can think about letting others see it. So the phrase “There is no place like 127.0.0.1” is a nerdy spin on “There’s no place like home.” For developers and engineers, localhost is home. It’s where things are predictable, controlled, and forgiving. You can break things, restart them, and try again without consequences.
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My networking gurus, explain this meme please

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Dr Joe Abah, OON
Dr Joe Abah, OON@DrJoeAbah·
Having decided to try out the MTN Fiber, my fiber supplier of many years @ExploreLegend informed me that they wanted to upgrade my entire system. I asked if I would need to pay and they said they just wanted to do it first and see if I am happy! They came yesterday and dropped the fiber directly into each room, each with its own modem! No need for WiFi extenders! I tested the speed of the MTN Fiber using Fast.com and got 62 Mbps. I tested the speed of the Legend Fiber and it was 620 Mbps. The Legend was 10 times faster than the MTN! Monthly subscription costs are the same but I had paid nearly N200k for Legend installation 3 or 4 years ago. Anyway, in answer to the Legend question, I am happy o. Very happy sef. Thank you.😊 I will keep both systems and expect that the chances of both being down at the same time is low. We move!
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Here is an update on my MTN Fibre journey. Someone did come to my house within 15 minutes. He surveyed my property and realised that the fibre was on the other side of the street. They needed to do some civil work to bring it over to my side of the street. They promised to do everything by Wednesday. Yesterday, they came over to ask me to talk to my next-door neighbour because they needed permission to lift the interlocking tiles in front of their gate, run fibre under them, and put the tiles back. I did that. Today, they came and installed everything. I tried it and the speed was rather shocking. I mean, type a website address and it’s just there instantly! I decided to test the speed. Yep! It’s fast. Gosh, it’s fast! I hope it is stable with minimum downtimes.

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Ray Kukoyi
Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
From my experience, it's better to share on as many platforms as you can - at least, the major ones. You might just find another kind of audience/community waiting for your message
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right
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Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
@archeohistories Can we just let books remain the way we met them? We can draw our own conclusions
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Archaeo - Histories
Archaeo - Histories@archeohistories·
When Emily Wilson published her translation of The Odyssey, it quietly but decisively shifted how many readers understood one of the foundations of Western literature. For centuries, English versions of the poem had been shaped by male translators who often filtered Homer’s Greek through Victorian, Edwardian, or mid-20th Century assumptions about gender, class, and morality. Wilson approached the text with a different aim: fidelity not to tradition, but to the language itself. Her translation pays close attention to what the Greek actually says, rather than what earlier translators assumed it meant. Where previous versions softened Odysseus into a noble hero or exaggerated the moral failings of female characters, Wilson strips away editorial judgment. Words that had long been rendered with moralizing or misogynistic overtones—especially when applied to women, servants, or the enslaved—are reexamined and translated with consistency and precision. A term describing women as sexually suspect, for example, is no longer quietly upgraded to “faithful” or “pure” when it suits male sympathy. Equally important is what Wilson avoids. She resists anachronistic language that romanticizes violence, hierarchy, or domination. Her Odysseus is clever and ruthless, not automatically admirable; Penelope is intelligent and strategic, not merely patient and chaste. Enslaved women are named as enslaved, not euphemized into “maids,” forcing modern readers to confront the social realities the poem assumes rather than smoothing them away for comfort. Wilson’s choices don’t modernize Homer—they clarify him. By refusing to insert gendered judgment or inherited bias, her translation reveals how much earlier versions reflected the values of their translators rather than the ancient text. The result is an Odyssey that feels sharper, more unsettling, and more honest: a poem about power, survival, and storytelling itself, finally allowed to speak without centuries of moral varnish. © Reddit #archaeohistories
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Man of Letters.
Man of Letters.@Letter_to_Jack·
If you’re in Southern Nigeria right now, step outside. Can you see a full moon with an orange glow rising low from the east? What you’re seeing is a Supermoon. It happens when the moon is closest to the Earth at the same time the moon is full. After this week-long show, we won’t see another one till November 2026. Enjoy.
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Ray Kukoyi
Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
Best time for a morning run or walk in this humid weather is 6am. You also get to enjoy the calm before the crazy 🤪
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Ray Kukoyi@itohanray·
Once you pay for that Google extra storage, it will never be enough. Believe me 😂
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