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Following the attempts to dismantle the scam ring in Myanmar, many rings moved their base of operation to Cambodia and continued from there. That's the reason I described the scenario in Cambodia, as it's more recent, though I also recall the similar news and discussions about the scam ring in Myanmar as well.

Three months ago there is a report that 119 Thai citizens were deported from Cambodia after a call center ring was busted. Out of these numbers, 100 willfully worked for the ring. 15 worked for the illegal gambling establishment. Only 4 minors are reportedly the victim of human trafficking. Ironically, when those people came back (willfully or otherwise), they will claim that they were being "misled" or "coerced" to do it even though the evidence suggests that they willfully do so.

Thai authorities are trying to combat this issue by cutting off supply of basic utilities (electricity, network connection) to hinder their work. The government claimed that this reduces the volume of scam attempts by 20%, though it's not entirely gone as long as they can find a way to circumvent it

I suspect that they don't actually maintain the permanent library, but rather a formatted view of the content that used to be there. Some of the sites I have the URL saved have transitioned to paywall and/or merged, goes offline or disappeared for some reason, so I can't actually read many of the links I exported from it. Though for the one that actually catches interest, I'll look for it in archiving service, but it's a tiresome work to search for it one by one.

I still don't get over the fact Mozilla bought it and shattered it less than a decade later. Perhaps it doesn't make enough "impact" to justify their time and resources, and if this behavior subsists, I would be more discouraged to give them money ever again.

I would at least expect a Cell Broadcast to be deployed (The TelCo Authorities/Providers and Disaster Management Authority has been testing it last year and expected to be deployed in Q2 2025). According to the press conference, the system can be activated, but it wasn't until 2:30 PM that the Disaster Management Authority decided to ask the TelCo to send SMS (not via Cell Broadcast). In my case, it wasn't until 7:40 PM that I received guidance from the authority.

Some people are claiming that they received alerts from other apps that target Thai people, such as gaming app, novel reading app and call screening app. Even the SNS account of online gambling site (illegal in Thailand) managed to provide guidance faster than the government's own response. Red Tapes on triggering the warning means no one was even sure what is going on, and has to resort for self-reporting or SNS.

I am following this case closely to see how will WMF handle the issue when it goes to court, as the issue I am experiencing is similar to this one.

To describe briefly: There is a politician ("S") with articles in various languages of Wikipedia. One day, a group of people claiming to be the daughter of S ("T") tried to insert content that can be described as "trivial" and not relating to the work of S itself. Wikipedia editors, including myself, tried to argue to T that the content T inserted in an article about S isn't something that should be inserted, and despite the article of S including the criticism relating to lawsuit against S and his policy, the content was supported by books written by scholars. T simply argued that the content written in article of S is false, and threatened to bring lawsuit against editors involving in the process of keeping article of S up to standard. So far, T managed to file a police report against some editors, but no lawsuits were filed as far as I know. T also maintained presence in another forum, and I also argue that Wikipedia do not allow T to insert content of S in a manner T intended to. Instead, T decided to quote my reply out of context to defame me, causing me to send cease and desist notice. This prompted T to stalk my lawyer and publish the information, causing the lawyer and myself to discuss further action that should be taken in relation to this issue.

I have reported this incident to WMF 5 years ago, as the issue has been as long as that point. The issue on T and S has become so persistent such that I have proposed that our language of WMF project will ban any content relating to their family, as we do not want our volunteers to expose to legal liability for having to deal with frivolous lawsuit. This threatened lawsuit is one of the reasons I largely retired from writing content in Wikipedia, as I do not want accomplices of T and S to discover that I am active and that they will continue to harass me, though I'll still handle this behind the scenes if needed.

I wanted to keep it as short as possible, so I simply write "Have a great day", but it throws me error that I have to write more than 20 characters. Perhaps I need to be more creative!

Photos can be uploaded up to 16MP resolution in Google Photos "High Quality" option and will not be counted towards storage space, but that was before June 2021. After that date, Photos, emails and even Google Docs files are counted.

The count made me shift my storage provider to OneDrive, which I opted not to have my storage reduced (from 30GB) at the time they changed policy and reduced free storage to 5GB. I still retain backup in my own drive, though.

Ridge Racer Type 4 from PS1. I find the story and pacing reasonably enjoyable (if you are not aiming to collect the secret car, that is), but what sets it apart from other games is its soundtrack. Each (music) track sets the respective mood and feel to the (racing) track, and even if you didn't play the game, the soundtrack is great in its own right. I also find the (racing) track's design in PS1 much better than the one used in PSP counterpart.

In my case, I have to hide the fact I seek treatment for mental health to avoid being denied registration to practice law as a solicitor. While it is not an absolute ground to reject registration, declaring that I have mental health issue would require me to produce medical certificate that I was treated with one, even though it's no longer relevant to present situation

Conversely, I have to declare the fact I was treated for medical health at specific military hospital to obtain medical certificate to be presented at the drafting installations. I have to do this for three years until they decided not to bother drafting me and certified that I participated in the draft, but not fit to be one

I still seek mental treatment on a quarterly basis, though with myself going freelance, I no longer have to worry that my treatment will be detrimental to employment and work

I have since distanced myself from Wikipedia as I feel I was increasingly pushed out of the "Cabal" (a term used to describe editors with aligned interest who usually worked together to set standards others must follow) who vigorously enforced the policy without considering the experience of, and willingness to engage with, new editors. I would rather have them create their own world while I move on to contribute to other communities more willing to welcome me.

I use Edge for my work profile and Vivaldi for my casual browsing. Having got an assigned work, I open Edge, only to be greeted with the sidebar that tries to promote the "New Bing" and all the AI stuff. It left me wondered why it was there as it's very distracting. I checked the settings to turn it off, and indeed, the settings show that it was turned off (probably since the very first time it shoved into my face), yet the sidebar still appears. Have to flip the switch to turn it off again for now, but it's terrible to see that it doesn't respect my choice, even more than its (several) attempt to get itself as a default browser.

I will never understand why Facebook isn't willing to take action against known phishing pages/advertisers, and even let them boost post with advertising, while legitimate advertisers get much less impression. At one point, a scam about high-return investment targeting elders are very common. The same applies to online gambling (it may be legal in many countries like the Philippines, but not in my country) and 419 scam (known in my country as "call center scam")

Another annoying things is the use of affiliate links to online marketplace (Lazada is a notable example; sometimes it can lead to a more sinister destination, such as malware-dropping site) masquerading as a link to news site, which was often spammed in a comment below the news post. They even typed in my language even though the account appears to be based in Indonesia or the Philippines. I have heard numerous people reporting this, but so far the situation isn't improving at all (and can even get worse)