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It has been two years I work from home. In that time, 90+% of my time was spent on homes. Yes, I'm one of the scared ones. I was once a sceptic. However, many of my close relatives died. I then reassessed my beliefs about Covid-19. I was scared because the number of my close relatives made me think that our genes were on the vulnerable side against covid-19. However, many people survived from the virus.  There were reasons why they survived.  The original variants was weak. Only after the Delta, the virus became deadlier. Some people had the best fit. At the time they were contracted, their body could handle the infection. They were lucky. Some people that lost their jobs tried to deny the virus.  Some crazy zealots tried to persuade their people by watering down the covid-19. They enforced the belief that God was more powerful than covid-19.  Hah! Did they not think that God was letting the virus out? Did they think God not powerful enough to close the floodgate? I ...

I wanted to be mad at someone, or something. Why did the government had conflicting decisions? We already had a bill for pandemic: Quarantine law. Why created alternative hasty laws? I wished I could mad at the government. But, what was the use? My brother-in-law, my uncle (from my father side) and my aunty (from my mother side) would not come back again. I really resented their departures. They were good people. They helped families and even other people. More than that, they have special place in my heart.  Perhaps, The LORD loves good people. He would call them faster to His side. He loves them so much. Don't we always said, "life is for Christ, but death is my benefit." Isn't our goal is death in Christ? They should be people that ended the game in Christ! Shouldn't I celebrate their winning?  Nah, I'm not gonna be in denial. I feel sad for them. Even with that knowledge, I still feel sour.  And if I think about it, I don't blame the government for the...

  Richard M. Stallman (RMS), the man behind GNU project and Free Software is making a comeback as a board of director of Free Software Foundation (FSF) . He was forced to resigned two years ago because of his underage sex remarks . As a result of that, many people express their disagreement with an open letter. One thing that I found amusing is the Board of Directors of Open Source Initiative (OSI) made an open statement to reject Stallman.  Whew, the world surely has changed! There is a reason why Stallman created the term Free Software and make it a separated term from Open Source. When Eric Raymond founded OSI, he wants to make companies joined the Open Source. They also looked for more relaxed software license that could incorporated an open source library into their own proprietary software. That's why, OSI embraced BSD, MIT and Apache clauses as a part of open source. However, free software have one mission, to promote four freedoms: User should have the right to have so...

I was interested in how Bieber was coming to church to get redemption. He was on Hillsong church until its Pastor was dismissed because of cheating. Bieber then distanced himself from Hillsong church and moved to Churchome church.  When Bieber went to Hillsong, his career was on the edge of collapse. His misbehaviour dirtied his image. He needed a stunt for recovering his image.  Hillsong NY also got their boost of fame because of Bieber. They profited from it. Their Pastor even handled Bieber personally.  Such politics....  We also saw how charismatic Pastor Kong Hee arrested. He had an impressive ministry. However, he used church's fund to help his wife's career.  We also see of how big church organizations would have internal strive. How their leader would topple the other leader just to have their own dynasty. They even lied.  Are you disappointed in Christianity?  I don't.  We should know that religion was founded to justify order. From the o...

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked the public criticism for his rules. President Jokowi Challenges The Public To Actively Convey Criticism (voi.id)   This, to some of Indonesian called as lip service.  Why? Because we have Electronic Information and Transactions law (or, UU ITE) that can have loose interpretation, like a rubber. So many people falling victim for this law. Second, there is a group of Cyber squad enrolled by who knows who that actively defending Jokowi administration policy. They would bully critics that have arguments on the other side. We have a term for these squads: Buzzer RP or BuzzerRp. According to  The Global Disinformation Order2019 Global Inventory of OrganisedSocial Media Manipulation research by Oxford University, buzzers already a common thing used by governments around the world. So, yeah, I think it is normal for Indonesian government to use it also. My resentment for BuzzerRp is that how they were used incorrectly during the early days of...